PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
| Wharton Single Degree | |
| Joint degree: Jon M. Huntsman International Studies and Business | Joint prog: Wharton & College of Arts and Sciences |
| Joint degree: Jerome Fisher Prog in Management & Technology | joint - Wharton and Engineering schools |
| Joint degree: Nursing Health Care Management | Wharton and Nursing |
| Joint prog:Roy & Diana Vagelos Prog in Life Sciences and Management | Either BS in Econ from Wharton or BA with science major from College of Arts & Sciences |
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Specializations offered:
Accounting, Actuarial Science, E-commerce, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Studies, Finance, General Management, Health Care Administration, Insurance, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management, Public Policy, Real Estate, Statistics and Operations Research, Transportation
| Core curriculum was last revised prior to 2000 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 38 |
| Average class size in business electives | 38 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | |
31.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
26.00% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students
N/A% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
N/A% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for business degree (including university and program requirements)
| Minimum of 111 for BS in Economics |
| Maximum of N/A for N/A |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 60 for BS in Economics |
| Maximum of N/A for N/A |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
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93.00% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university
AREAS OF STUDY & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting, Finance, General Management, Marketing, Real Estate
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 235
New electives added in the past academic year:
Wharton Field Challenge
Literature of Success
Behaviorial Finance
American Business History
Community Reinvestment
Finance of Buyouts and Acquisitions
Entrepreneurship and Social Wealth
Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Management
Retail Designscape
| Work study or co-op opportunities | Yes |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 270 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 61 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 141 |
13.50% of permanent/tenured business professors are women
2.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)
N/A% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors
N/A% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business
Prominent Faculty:
Barbara Kahn
Nicholas Souleles
Lorin Hitt
STUDENT LIFE
| Delta Sigma Pi chapter | Yes |
Freshmen are required to live on campus
N/A% of all business students live on campus
Business students are not grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities
TECHNOLOGY
computers available to undergraduate business students (within the program and university as a whole)
| Wireless network in main B-school buildings | Yes |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Recent updates to Wharton's SPIKE student intranet allow students to stay informed through a web interface, plasma screens throughout campus, or via students' PDAs and cell phones. Wharton experiential learning simulations are used in Wharton Undergraduate courses (http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/learning/) and at 70 other Universities. Wharton's webCafe collaboration environment is used in most Wharton undergraduate classes and undergraduate student clubs and organizations.
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