Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:
1913
Institution:
Four Year
Business program:
Four Year
Degrees offered:
Degree/Program Name:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Concentrations availible in: Organizational Behavior, Law, Managenement Information Systems, International Management, Operations and Technology Management, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Entrepreneurship, General Management作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 21:58
PROGRAM COSTS
Annual Tuition (Resident):
$ 37,910
Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)
$ 37,910
Cost per academic credit (resident)
$ 1,184
Cost per academic credit (non-resident)
$ 1,184
Required fees
$ 530
Room and board:
$ 11,848
Books:
$ 940作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 21:59
ENROLLMENT
Total college enrollment for 2009-10:
32,485
Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
2,015
Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
12作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 21:59
ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution
Required standardized tests for entire college:
SAT or ACT
Minimum SAT score for entire college on 1600 scale:
n/a
Minimum ACT score for entire college:
n/a
Minimum high school GPA for entire college:
n/a
Interviews for entire college:
Not required
Additional application requirements for entire college:
TOEFL or IELTS for non-native speakers
Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:
Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$ 17,864,954
Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$ 19,020,830
Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:
A combination of need and merit
Other scholarship considerations:
N/A
Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
44 %
Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2009-10:
3 %
Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2009-10 year:
72 %
Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2009-10:
28 %
Scholarship consideration process:
As part of the admissions application
School offers guaranteed loans:
No作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:07
PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
90 %
Business students who graduate within four years:
77 %
Business students who graduate within 6 years:
76 %作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:09
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:
Degree: BSBA
Hours: 136.5
Other degree requirements:
Management as a System (12 credits) Microeconomics (4) Macroeconomics (4) Writing (4) Calculus (4) Financial Accounting (4) Managerial Accounting (4) Statistics and Managerial Decision Making (12) Organizational Behavior (4) Business Law (4) Career Planning (0.5) Introduction to Finance (4) Introduction to Management Information Systems (4) Introduction to Marketing (4) Introduction to Operations Management (4) Strategy and Policy (4) Management Electives (16) Liberal Arts Electives (32) Free Electives (12) Total: 136.5 credits作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:09
ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
43
Average class size in business electives:
30
Class size:
Classes with fewer than 20 students: 10 %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 74 %
Classes with more than 50 students: 16 %
Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
39 %作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:09
CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
56
Electives added in current academic year:
Accounting Research
Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2008
Leading areas of study:
Accounting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Marketing
Other
Law
Special programs for business students:
1. Management Honors Program 2. BU Dual Degree Program through which students earn two bachelor degrees concurrently
Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
Yes作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:09
Work study opportunities description:
Work study opportunities are available through Boston University's Financial Aid Office, and co-op opportunities can be researched through the School of Management's Feld Career Center.
Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes
Study abroad program description:
Boston University sponsors one of the largest study abroad programs in the country, with more than 75 programs in 33 cities in 20 countries around the world. The School of Management offers one-semester internship programs in the University of Sydney, Australia; Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Universite Paris Dauphine, Dauphine, France; University College Dublin, Ireland; University of Auckland, New Zealand; Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain; and George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:10
Volunteer opportunities description:
Opportunities are available through the Management Honors Program, the Campus Community Service Center, and various activities via Undergraduate Government and student clubs and organizations.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities:
Accounting Association Alpha Kappa Psi
BSBA Finance Club Private Equity Club Corporate Law Society
Dean’s Hosts Delta Sigma Pi Entrepreneurship Club
International Management Organization Fashion and Retail Association
Students in Free Enterprise BU Marketing
Management Consulting Association MIS Club Media and Entertainment Club Real Estate Club SMGazette SMG Student Government Sports Management Association
LOCK Honorary Service Society作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:10
CAMPUS LIFE
Largest on-campus organizations for business students:
SMG Student Government
BSBA Finance Club
Delta Sigma Pi
Alpha Kappa Psi
Lock Honorary Service Society
Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes
Business students are grouped in learning communities:
Yes作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:11
FACULTY
Faculty:
Full-time faculty : 117
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 57
Permanent/tenured professors: 56
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 20
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 23
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 5
Prominent faculty:
Zvi Bodie
N Venkatraman
Marshall VanAlstyne作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:11
B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
35,822
Total living alumni:
23,216
Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
7 %
Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$ 2,640
Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$ 100
Single donation in excess of $10 million in 2008-09?
No
Prominent alumni:
Name: Edwin D. Fuller
Title: President, Marriot Corporation
Name: Kenneth Feld
Title: Chairman and CEO Feld Entertainment
Name: Alessandro Benetton
Title: Deputy Chairman, Benetton Group作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:11
CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
81 %
Seeking full-time employment in business: 81 %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 19 %
Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
117
Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
268
Career services provided for business majors:
The School of Management's Feld Career Center offers a focused and dynamic career course, Charting Your Career Path; Industry specific Alumni networking events – Rhettworking; a spring and fall career fair; and numerous workshops and panels.作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:12
Job offer results, 2009 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation: 67 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 9 %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 10 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 14 %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 64 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 9 %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 10 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 17 %
Top hiring firms:
Ernst & Young
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
PricewaterhouseCoopers
HSBC
General Electric
Citigroup Inc.
Target Corp.
Wells Fargo
Cigna作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:32
Other Hiring Firms:
Teach for America
State Street Corporation
Hanover Insurance Group
Fidelity Investments
ThermoFisherScientific
Deloitte Consulting
Jesup & Lamont
Digitas
Graduate compensation:
Mean base salary: $ 48,194
Median base salary: $ 50,000
Mean signing bonus: $ 5,062
Median signing bonus: $ 5,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $ 3,778
Median other guaranteed compensation: $ 3,000作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:33
Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:
INTERNSHIPS
Number of companies recruiting interns on-campus, 2008-09 academic year:
25
Companies posting internships on job boards, previous academic year:
242
Top internship recruiters, 2008-09:
General Electric
Merrill Lynch
Citigroup Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
HSBC
Ernst & Young
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
Other Internship Recruiters:
Arnold Worldwide Hill Holiday Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Percentage of internships that were paid, previous academic year
61 %
Mean internship compensation per week:
$ 606
Median internship compensation per week:
$ 480
Average internship, in weeks:
9作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:37
I would recommend SMG to anyone looking for a challenging business school to attend. The students are so motivated, the professors are passionate about what they teach, and we never have TA's teaching classes. Also you can easily intern at reputable companies during the school year because of the close proximity to downtown Boston.
Access to and quality of the professors. Even if a professor's lecture skills aren't fantastic, I have always been able to make a connection with my professors via e-mail, after class discussions, or office hours. I have never felt that a professor does not care about his/her students or that he/she is too busy for me. In addition, the very fact that all courses, even at the 100 level, are completely taught by professors is a huge benefit. All grading, lectures, labs, etc. are taught by your professor. The professors' availability has also resulted in great long-term contacts and professional advice. Before I go to any career services or academic advising, I turn to a group of professors that I have become close to over the years and use them as mentors.作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:37
Being in Boston is a huge advantage; location is extremely important. Being in Boston, allowed me to create a strong network with finance professionals because I am close enough to actually meet with them face-to-face. Additionally, I received an internship at a top-tier venture capital fund for a large part because Boston is a hub of private equity and venture capital funds. I feel that if I weren't in Boston, I would've missed out on a lot of these opportunities.
I think BU gets hurt by the tension between the faculty and students. BU students feel like the faculty are against them in some programs or classes because it's so competitive. They then rank the faculty low because of this. Penn State, Bentley, and Northeastern kids are ranking their faculty high because they're all graduation with high marks; however, their high marks in no way indicate that they are smarter than BU students. BU students may not graduate feeling like they love every faculty member or that they enjoyed their time at BU, but the education they got was top-notch. But then again, maybe the student-life aspect is important; it depends on what you look for in a school.作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:37
The administrative services are terrible.
Mostly good, very challenging at times, but once students know what they like to do and feel their future lies in a certain major(s), people usually start to perform better. Grades are very hard to get in this school and BU makes students sweat tremendously for good scores. Grade deflation although not mentioned is definitely present.
The only weakness Boston University has is the General Studies program which seems to be a loophole for some students to bypass two hard years of study in a weaker program. Otherwise, I am often surprised to see Boston University (and the school of management) with a lower ranking than it deserves. I truly believe that SMG supplies a top tier education with top tier educators in a friendly work environment that is conducive to learning and to my future job.作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:38
Its heavy emphasis on team based learning in every class in the School of Management. The curriculum is tailored to each class but it is still very cohesive with the school's goals for learning. Too much teamwork. Some teams are beneficial, but SMG takes it past the point of being helpful.
The most unique aspect of SMG is the cross functional core curriculum that school of management students take their Junior year. You take 4 classes that all interrelate and you develop a product and business plan with your team throughout the semester that integrates the 4 functions of marketing, OM, Finance, and Information Systems.
Our CORE program- where students spend the entire semester working in a group of around 8 students to develop a product and compose a business plan to present to venture capitalists. Its a hypothetical situation of course, but it provides real world experience with numbers and learning about how many start up companies function.作者: s 时间: 2010-12-20 22:39
Not enough concentrations available Also upper level classes aren't as interesting as other business schools.
At many times, curriculum is too heavily based on practicality- ie method instead of theory. Getting graduating students careers is obviously important for BU as they stress it continuously. Some teachers are not fit to be heads of the classroom as they have absolutely no experience with or insight on the subjects they teach. But many are the exact opposite.
,br> Our career services has developed significantly over the last two years. Despite the current economic situation, most of my friends are still getting offers and interviews. Many of my friends in finance and accounting have already accepted offers. Recruiters from countless fortune 500 firms are recognizing the true value of Boston University students and are definitely hiring more aggressively on our campus.
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