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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
Freshmen/Sophomore Smith School Core: Calculus 3-4 cr Principles of Accounting I & II 6 cr Business Statistics 3 cr Prin of Micro & Macro Economics 8 cr Public Speaking 3 cr Total Fresh/Soph = 23-24 cr Junior/Senior Smith School Core: Intro to Information Systems 3 cr Business Finance 3 cr Marketing Principles 3 cr Management & Organization 3 cr Career Search Strategies in Bus 1 cr Business Law 3 cr Business Policies 3 cr Total Junior/Senior Core = 19 cr Major Requirements(depends on major)18 cr Upper Level Economics Requirements (depends on major) 3-6 cr University CORE General Education (not fulfilled by Smith School requirements) Total Credits = 28 cr Lower Level Electives 16-17 cr Upper Level Electives (depends on major)6-12 cr

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
37.5

Class size:
N/A

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CURRICULUM

Electives added in current academic year:

BMGT458C Special Topics in Marketing: Service Marketing
BMGT428C Special Topics in Accounting: Research for the Professional Accountant
BMGT448A Special Topics in Finance: Fixed Income
BMGT448B Special Topics in Finance: Private Equity and Venture Capital
BMGT448C Special Topics in Finance: Advanced Portfolio Management

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2005

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Supply Chain Management


Special programs for business students:
Freshmen Fellows Program offers small class sizes plus co-curricular activities for directly admitted freshmen. Specialized academic programs for upperlcasmen offer in-depth specialized study and co-curricular acitives. Programs include entrepreneurship, financial services, financial markets, emerging CFOs, accounting teaching scholars, Senbet Investment Fund, research fellows, Smith Technology fellows, business process fellows, QUEST, business honors, supply chain mgmt fellows, sport management fellows, design and innovation in marketing fellows, music management fellows, accelerated finance fellows, and technology and business transformation fellows

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

Work study opportunities description:
Internships for academic credit offered in the summers only; in addition, many students complete internships not for credit. COOP opportunities are generally offered to supply chain and information systems majors. Many students participate in work study employment within the Smith School--and at the university--serving administrative and faculty offices. Smith Research fellows and Smith technology fellows earn compensation working with faculty on research and classroom projects.

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
Business students participate in the university's semester and short-term study abroad programs as well as in business school bilateral exchanges, primarily in summers and winter-term. Business honors students and other fellows programs have dedicated winter-term faculty led trips offered each year.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Students volunteer and contribute community service through membership in Smith-sponsored student organizations and program. The Smith Undergraduate Student Association organizes community service activities through its community service committee. Additionally the Freshmen Fellows colloquium in the 2nd semester focuses on corportate social responsibility and service. Business students also contribute tutoring and special programming for area high school students through the Smith STARS program outreach to low-income and minority students. The university also offers volunteer opportunities at the Office of Community Service-Learning, and many Smith students participate in their programs.

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Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

The Smith School sponors 23 student organizations and 6 special committees organized through the Smith Undergraduate Students Association
Clubs and committees organize events and activities including an annual freshmen convocation school-wide career fair etc
The various fellows porgrams all entail a portfolio of co-curricular activities and events including mentor programs freshmen fellows dinner club field trips and site visits and special speaker series
The Dingman Center for entreprenuership hosts numerous activites throughout the year including Pitch Dingman luncheons the annual Cupids Cup entrepreneurship competition and business plan competitions in Asia to which undergraduates contribute

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Finance Banking & Investment Society
American Marketing Association
Accounting Business Association
Alpha Kappa Psi
Music Management Business Society

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
No

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
Yes

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 151
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 45
Permanent/tenured professors: 71
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 28
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: .01

Prominent faculty:

Roland T Rust
Albert Pete Kyle
Michel Wedel

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
51,000

Total living alumni:
49,000




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


Prominent alumni:

Name: Bob Basham
Title: Co-Founder, Outback
Name: Chris Kubasik
Title: President and COO, Lockheed Martin
Name: Kevin Plank
Title: CEO and Chairman of Board, Under Armour

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
68  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 89  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 11  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
118

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
215

Career services provided for business majors:
Undergraduate Business-Only Career Fair; Comprehensive Business-Only Job Posting Board-HireSmith; Required Career Class: "Career Strategies in Business;" Industry Specific Panels Highlighting Career Paths of Alumni and Professionals in Various Fields

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Job offer results, 2009 graduates:
N/A

Top hiring firms:



PricewaterhouseCoopers
  

KPMG LLP
  
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
  
Ernst & Young
  
Booz Allen Hamilton
  
Morgan Stanley
  
Unilever
  
International Bus. Machines
  


Other Hiring Firms:

Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
RSM McGladrey
Rose Financial Services
Grant Thornton
Accenture
Fannie Mae