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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS BA
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
GPA requirement of 2.5 in all business courses, must complete comprehensive Professional Development program including an internship/practicum

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
84

Average class size in business electives:
36

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
32

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 8  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 70  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 21  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
33







Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Real Estate


Special programs for business students:
Professional development opportunities include a professional development course, corporate field trips, leadership conference, job shadowing program, mock interviews, alumni resume review, and nearly 200 business executives (including 5 CEOs) serving as guest lecturers last year. Other programs include Cornell Leadership Program for high ability students, Academy of Aspiring Entrepreneurs, EMILE (joint engineering entrepreneurship program), and Vasey Academy for minority student development.

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

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Work study opportunities description:
Students are required to complete an internship. In addition, students are able to participate in a job shadowing program in one of three cities. Last year, over 100 students were matched with a corporate mentor and worked with the mentor on site for a day.

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
The Trulaske College of Business sponsors programs in Spain, Italy, Ireland, China, and Prague as well as intersession programs during the winter break. These programs are taught in English and utilize both MU faculty and international faculty. In addition, the campus provides opportunities in 76 study abroad locations and 300 affiliate programs.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
The Trulaske College of Business has college wide service events and the larger student organizations have community service requirements each semester. In addition, the campus has a service learning office to facilitate service learning courses and internships. As part of the Professional Development Program course, students partner with local non-profits to solve business problems. Cornell leaders develop videos non-profits can use for fund raising.

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Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

18 Business clubs
professional development activities
corporate on-site visits
field trip to visit Warren Buffett
field trip to visit Wall Street

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Alpha Kappa Psi
Delta Sigma Pi
Association of Accountancy Students
Black Business Students Association
Phi Beta Lambda

  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 : 61
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 22
Permanent/tenured professors: 45
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 20
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 3
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 0
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 0

Prominent faculty:

Allen Bluedorn
Steve Ferris
Jere Francis

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COMMENTS
1. Regarding admissions - The campus admits students as freshmen and students apply to the professional program once specific requirements are met as a junior. Students admitted to the professional program are a much higher quality (and higher ACT) than those who are admitted as freshman. 2. The business class size is skewed as we have 4 core large lecture classes (inflating our average class size to 126) while all other business courses are limited to 40-50 students. 3. Professional Development requirements include required business related activities each semester, a required Professional Development course, and a required internship/practicum. 4. Regarding admissions - The campus admits students as freshmen and students apply to the professional business program once specific requirements are met as a junior. 5. The majority of scholarships are based on a combination of merit and need.

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
29,413

Total living alumni:
26,255

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
3  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  7,291

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  110

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


Prominent alumni:

Name: Alan C. Greenberg
Title: Vice Chrmn Emeritus/Bear, Stearns, and Co a JPMorgan Company
Name: Ralph W. Babb, Jr.
Title: Chrmn, President, CEO/Comerica Inc. and Comerica B
Name: Matt K. Rose
Title: Chrmn, President, CEO/Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
42  %

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:
163

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
239

Career services provided for business majors:
Professional Seminar Series; four annual career fairs; Professional Development Days with mock interviews & resume reviews; Mocktail Receptions; student resource area; Etiquette Dinner; Leadership Conference; job shadow program; corporate visits; career fair workshop; career days; workshops on career fair, cover letter/applications, personal branding and managing your online image.