Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:
1972
Institution:
Four Year
Business program:
Four Year
Degrees offered:
Degree/Program Name:
BBA/Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Economics, Finance, International Business, Management, Marketing
BS/Economics, Quantitative Finance
BA/Economics作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:23
PROGRAM COSTS
Annual Tuition (Resident):
$ 7,244
Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)
$ 19,376
Cost per academic credit (resident)
$ 305
Cost per academic credit (non-resident)
$ 890
Required fees
$ 120
Room and board:
$ 7,386
Books:
$ 1,500作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:24
ENROLLMENT
Total college enrollment for 2009-10:
18,854
Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
2,631
Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
32
Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:
0作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:24
ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution
Required standardized tests for entire college:
SAT or ACT
Interviews for entire college:
Not offered
Additional application requirements for entire college:
Transfer students: 1. must have completed at least 24 hours of college credit; 2. must be in good standing at their present institutions; 3. should have at least a "B" cumulative grade point average (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) in order to be competitive. In addition to the above requirements, international students must produce evidence of English proficiency, and documentation of sufficient financial resources.
Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:
Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: 01-15-2010作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:24
Other degree requirements:
General Education - 41 credit hours BBA Core - 45 credit hours Major - 24 credit hours Electives - 10 credit hours作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:27
ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
38
Average class size in business electives:
23
Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
44
Class size:
Classes with fewer than 20 students: 18 %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 67 %
Classes with more than 50 students: 15 %
Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
100 %
0 %作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:27
CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
42
Electives added in current academic year:
COB 295 - Special Studies in Business Adminstration
BLAW 494 - White Collar Crime
BLAW 498 - Special Topics in Business Law
FIN 378 - Fixed Income Analysis
FIN 451 - Advanced Risk Management
Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2009
Leading areas of study:
Accounting
Human Resource Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Other
Quantitative Finance作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:27
Special programs for business students:
Madison Investment Fund - Select students manage university funds; Center for Entrepreneurship - Students serve as consultants to real businesses; Entrepreneur-in-Residence - successful practitioner is available to help students take ideas to reality in the form of new businesses; Business Plan Competition - six student teams are invited to present business plans to venture capitalists, with winners receiving scholarships and possibly funding to start proposed businesses; Business Ethics Competition - winners receive scholarships.
Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
No
Work study opportunities description:
N/A
Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes
Study abroad program description:
Semester abroad prograns are available in Antwerp, Beijing (summer), Florence, London, and Salamanca. There are numerous short-term programs available in countries located in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America. There are several exchange programs with leading universities in Australia, England, Japan, Korea, and Spain, among others. Approximately 11% of business majors study abroad, which is about twice the percentage for JMU overall.作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:27
Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes
Volunteer opportunities description:
JMU offers a variety of rich and rewarding opportunities for volunteer work and community service through its Community Service Learning (CS-L). CS-L is a partnership joining JMU students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding communities by identifying and coordinating intentional service opportunities for the explicit purpose of cultivating social responsibility and lifelong learning, thereby fostering a generation of leaders committed to positive change. CS-L coordinates partnerships with more than 75 community service agencies to help meet the needs of the community, and in so doing, to improve the quality of life in the Shenandoah Valley. CS-L is an active member of the community networks, such as Health Community, Hispanic Services Council, Rockingham County Partners for Student Success, and Valley Volunteer Forum.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities:
Professional Business Fraternities: Alpha Kappa Psi Delta Sigma Psi Phi Chi Theta and Pi Sigma Epsilon
Clubs Associated with Majors: Association of Information Technology Professionals (CIS); Delta Epsilon Chi (Marketing); Epsilon Chi Omicron (International Business); Financial Management Association (Finance); Madison Economics Club (Economics);
and Society for Human Resource Management (Management)
General Interest - Students in Free Enterprise; and Environmental Business Club
Beta Gamma Sigma - National Business Honor Society (by invitation only); Beta Alpha Psi - National Accounting Honor Society (by invitation only)作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:28
CAMPUS LIFE
Largest on-campus organizations for business students:
Kappa Alpha Psi
Delta Sigman Pi
Phi Chi Theta
Pi Sigma Epsilon
Madison Marketing Association
Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes
Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:28
FACULTY
Faculty:
Full-time faculty : 120
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 13
Permanent/tenured professors: 87
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 26
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 5.8
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 1
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 1
Prominent faculty:
J Barkley Rosser Jr
Daniel G Gallagher
Timothy J Louwers作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:28
B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
23,853
Total living alumni:
23,530
Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
17 %
Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$ 658
Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$ 50
Single donation in excess of $10 million in 2008-09?
No
Prominent alumni:
Name: Michael Thomas
Title: President - Global Security Solutions; Lockheed Martin
Name: Amy McPherson
Title: President & Managing Director, Europe; Marriott International
Name: Enrico Gaglioti
Title: Partner; Goldman Sachs and Company作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:29
CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
63 %
Seeking full-time employment in business: 53 %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 47 %
Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
143
Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
700
Career services provided for business majors:
Career Panels, Career Fairs (Fall and Spring), Internship Fair, Mock Interview Program, Resume Review Programs (including opportunity for employers to review resumes – Fall and Spring), Career Programs (Interviewing, Etiquette, Financial Planning after College, Networking, Job Search Strategies), Individual and Group Counseling Appointments, On-Line Recruiting Management System with Networking Module
Job offer results, 2009 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation: 42 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 28 %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 24 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 6 %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 42 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 28 %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 24 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 6 %作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:29
Top hiring firms:
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
KPMG LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers
International Bus. Machines
Target Corp.
Ernst & Young
Wells Fargo
Other
Other Hiring Firms:
Freddie Mac
Department of the Navy
Northrop Grumman
Beers and Cutler
HPTI
BAE Systems
Cherry, Bekaert, Holland
Computer Science Corporation
Fannie Mae
McBee Associates
Graduate compensation:
Mean base salary: $ 49
Median base salary: $ 51
Mean signing bonus: $ 3
Median signing bonus: $ 3作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:29
Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:
INTERNSHIPS
Number of companies recruiting interns on-campus, 2008-09 academic year:
118
Companies posting internships on job boards, previous academic year:
416
Top internship recruiters, 2008-09:
KPMG LLP
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
International Bus. Machines
Merrill Lynch
Other Internship Recruiters:
Cherry, Bekaert, Holland 4 Freddie Mac 4 McGladrey and Pullen 4 Northrop Grumman 3
Percentage of internships that were paid, previous academic year
80 %
Mean internship compensation per week:
$ 756
Median internship compensation per week:
$ 810
Average internship, in weeks:
9作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:31
COB 300 is an integral part of the business program. It is four classes (marketing, management, operations, and finance) that are all inter-related to each other. Throughout the semester, we have to combine everything that we learn in all four classes and previous classes and create a business plan. It was a very challenging class, but it was very successful in making sure we understood all of the material.
COB 300, a 12-credit comprehensive course, makes the JMU business school unique from any other. Not only do the classes (marketing, operations, management, and finance) expose students to different business disciplines, the semester-long business plan provides leadership and team building that few, if any, other schools offer. The business school has the perfect combination of guiding students to becoming masters in their field while simultaneously preparing them for the real world. Never in my career have I had a class taught by a teaching assistant, even for the business prerequisites. The professors in the business school are passionate about what they do and genuinely care about preparing students.作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:31
The red tape and poor advising stands in the way of a lot of the success of business students at JMU. Faculty is too concerned about their pointless staff meetings, agendas, curriculum guides, and rankings to help students grow and achieve their potential.
JMU inspires a sense of pride in their business students. We come into the business world respected but modest, and capable but coachable. We are in a program that is small enough to facilitate relations among students and faculty, and no one is afraid to approach faculty or peers for advice or assistance.作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:31
I believe that JMU business prepares us better for the real world industry. We learn extensively about how an entire corporation works and how different departments work together to help the company progress. We also work extensively in groups to get used to working with different kinds of people, which gives us the ability to develop our interpersonal skills. In my internship, I also stood out because of my extensive computer and problem solving skills.
To become a student in JMU's college of business, we must pass a 12-credit course that covers the four major business disciplines: finance, marketing, operations, and management. We must create a business plan from scratch while enrolled in this course, which challenges our time-management skills and allows us to get real world experience with research and development of a new product. Taking this class really helps us decide if business is actually what we want to do, and many realize it's not for them. The ones who stay in the college of business truly want to be here and perform well.作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:31
The two best decisions that I have made since high school have been coming to JMU and enrolling in the computer information systems program. I have a degree in an in-demand field, will graduate with a job, and have made a number of professional and social connections. I strongly recommend JMU for its academics, professors, as well as its non-academic realm. Students at JMU come from all different backgrounds and the administration is making it a priority to increase the level of diversity on campus.
JMU's business school is unique in the amount of time faculty spend with students outside the classroom. The teachers are very approachable and want to help out in any way possible. In the past week alone, I have met with my tax professor from last semester who saw a scholarship application he thought I would be interested in, my adviser about graduate assistantships and a graduation question, and my mentor who is a partner at KPMG and provides advice and answers to my question. Very few schools would give me the opportunity to do any of this. The teachers put the students' needs first and are always willing to help you as long as you ask.作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:32
JMU's COB 300 program encapsulates what business education at JMU is all about. There is a high emphasis on teamwork - the business school teaches us how to work effectively, efficiently, and professionally with others. Meanwhile, we learn how to be creative and come up with solutions to problems. The business school pushes students to develop solutions for ourselves. The business school does not hold our hands through assignment, rather, professors give us assignments and let us complete them as we see fit. This teaching method promotes autonomy, independence, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Professors' number one priority is teaching. They are always available for students, even outside of office hours. The culture in the College of Business is one of service and dedication. Professors strive to assist students in mastery of material as well as in the success of their personal lives. The faculty at COB are one of the aspects of COB that stand out to me.
Our business program is unique because in my accounting courses, we get taught the rules and methods of accounting, but our professors also strongly focus on the ethical aspect of accounting. James Madison University accounting grads have a reputation for being bright, hard working, and trustworthy.作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:32
Our business program really tries to help us be competitive in the job market. [School staff] work with us to have better resumes and help us to meet employers we may not know about. Also, our COB 300 semester helps us to gain teamwork skills that we will use after we graduate.
Smaller class sizes and no TAs in the business school allow students to engage in classroom discussion and outside discussions with professors. Also, most of the professors have a lot of real world professional job experience in the field of study in which they teach. And they relate this to the class giving students insight to life after graduation.
The COB 300 program is innovative and encompasses all aspects of business (operations, management, finance, and marketing). The new entrepreneurship class complements the 300 program by ignoring business plans and instead focusing on going out and trying to sell an innovative product that can make actual money. The two classes show two different sides to the business world, the paperwork and research, and also the functional and interactive.作者: s 时间: 2010-9-19 17:32
This school is a joke. None of my program's classes are particularly challenging. Couple this with the fact that you have to take far too many "College of Business" classes that lack any value whatsoever and my time here has felt like a waste in some respects. There is significant grade inflation, as well as a large disparity in teaching quality and course content across even the same department. Much of the material in classes is repetitive; many courses could be combined to allow for more high-level classes to be taken/required.
The COB300 experience requires you to develop teamwork skills. The accounting program prepares you for the CPA exam. And the finance department has improved its teaching quality as well. There is still work to be done with student advising though. It is still non-existent to the students.
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