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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
90  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
77  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
76  %

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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

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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  %

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.