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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 128

Other degree requirements:
Social Impact Core: 4 courses; People, Info & Systems Core: 4 courses; Money & Markets Core: 5 courses; Global Sequence: 2 courses (1 from People, Info & Systems & 1 from Money & Markets); Stern major: 4 courses; Liberal Core: 8 courses; University Electives: 10 courses

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
45

Average class size in business electives:
38


Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 21  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 45  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 34  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
117

Electives added in current academic year:

Social Entrepreneurship
Business of Broadway
Sports Economics
East Asian Economies
Topics in Microfinance

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2010

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

International Business

Marketing

Social Impact & Social Entrepreneurship

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Special programs for business students:
At NYU Stern, we're constantly focused on innovation. Our new degree program in Business & Political Economy combines study in these core disciplines with study abroad in today’s key global marketplaces - London, New York and Shanghai. Additionally, all students study abroad for one week through our unparalleled International Studies Program. Students also gain a heightened awareness of business’ influence on society through our Social Impact Core. Students may also take advantage of NYC’s leading cultural institutions through the Cohen Arts & Culture Experience.

  Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
Yes

Work study opportunities description:
Work study is awarded through the Office of Financial Aid and positions are advertised through the Wasserman Center for Career Development.

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
NYU Stern strongly encourages students to study abroad. In fact, 70% of our entering class now spends at least one semester abroad at one of our 29 locations around the globe. Through our integrated global programs (Business & Political Economy and World Studies Track), students spend 2 to 3 semesters abroad. We continue to offer our flagship International Studies Program, in which every student goes abroad for a one week global experience in their junior year.

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Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Community service is a vital part of the Stern experience. Through NYU Stern’s community service and social entrepreneurship initiatives, students apply business skills to effect social change. Stern students organize community-wide youth events, mentor high school students, provide assistance to seniors, and take part in countless other service initiatives across New York City’s five boroughs and beyond. Additionally, our Stern International Volunteers program allows students to travel abroad to participate in community service projects.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Students can choose from over 25 Stern and 400 NYU clubs and organizations in virtually every interest
with 350+ leadership positions available at Stern alone Many clubs organize professional development
social and networking events participate in business case
competitions and bring in speakers from prominent
corporations Several clubs also focus on community service
diversity and ethical business practices Students
can also attend coffee hours and roundtable
lunches with the Deans and prominent alumni

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Beta Alpha Psi
Investment Analysis Group
Marketing Society
Alpha Kappa Psi
SternCares

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
No

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 208
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 204
Permanent/tenured professors: 112

Prominent faculty:

Aswath Damodaran Professor of Finance
Robert Engle Michael Armellino Professor of Finance Recipient of 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics
Nouriel Roubini Professor of Economics and International Business

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
55,025

Total living alumni:
32,640




  Single donation in excess of $10 million in 2008-09?
No


Prominent alumni:

Name: John A. Paulson
Title: Paulson & Co.
Name: Leonard N. Stern
Title: Chairman & CEO, The Hartz Group
Name: Salvatore Ferragamo
Title: Manager, Il Borro

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
90  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 95  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 5  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
603

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
3,817

Career services provided for business majors:
Career fairs, industry expos, on-campus recruiting, online job postings -full-time/internships/part-time, mentor network, career week, dining for success, boot camp, mocktails, mock interviews, recruiter-in-residence, site visits to companies, virtual career fairs, various speaker and other programs.

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Job offer results, 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 70  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 23  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 7  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 0  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: NA  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: NA  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: NA  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: NA  %

Top hiring firms:



PricewaterhouseCoopers


Goldman Sachs Group

Ernst & Young

Morgan Stanley

KPMG LLP

Citigroup Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Credit Suisse Group

Bank of America Corp.

UBS