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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 115

Other degree requirements:
All students must complete the university's core curriculum, a program of study based in the liberal arts, natural and social sciences; a management core; at least one concentration in a management discipline. Foreign language proficiency is also required

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
36

Average class size in business electives:
35


Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 20  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 70  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 10  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
65

Electives added in current academic year:

Financial Crisis of 08-09
Business Creation
Law Visual Art and Ethics

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2009

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Economics

Finance

Management Information Systems

Marketing


Special programs for business students:
There is an Honors Program. The top 5% of the entering class is invited

  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:
Business students have full access to the university's complement of study abroad opportunities. In addition, management faculty sometimes offer courses in international settings during the summer

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Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
In addition to the many service opportunities available to the general BC community, the business students have their own opportunities. There are three student groups that do business-related service: Students in Free Enterprise, Management Consulting Club, and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance. There is also a service-learning to some business classes including but not limited to sections of Managerial Accounting, Principles of Marketing, and Accounting Info Systems.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Accounting Academy
Finance Academy
Marketing Academy
Management Consulting Club
AHANA Management Academy
Women in Business
Entrepreneur Society
Information Systems Academy

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Finance Academy
Accounting Academy
Marketing Academy
Women in Business
Management Consulting Club

  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 : 75
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 57
Permanent/tenured professors: 41
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 42
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 0
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: --
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: --

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Total living alumni:
25,203

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
28  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  2,544

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  100

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


Prominent alumni:
N/A

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
50  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 74  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 26  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
204

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
732

Career services provided for business majors:
Individual Career Counseling; Workshops about Networking, Interviewing, Case Interviews, Negotiating Offer, Resume and Cover Letter writing; Resume Critiques; Peer Advisor Appointments; Counselor assigned 3/5 of time exclusively to CSOM students; Career Center staff co-present programs with faculty; provide Employer-in-Residence opportunities for students and employers to meet and discuss career-related issues, provide opportunities to meet alumni; Career Fairs; Career Launch Program; Career Exploration Tours in Boston and other major cities; Federal Jobs Information Events

Job offer results, 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 74  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 9  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 16  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 73  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 8  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 17  %

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Top hiring firms:



PricewaterhouseCoopers
  

Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
  
Ernst & Young
  
Bank of America Corp.
  
Goldman Sachs Group
  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  
KPMG LLP
  
Citigroup Inc.
  
Bain & Company
  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
  
General Electric
  
Target Corp.
  
TD Financial
  


Other Hiring Firms:

EMC Corporation
US Public Interest Research Group


Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $  53,430
Median base salary: $  55,000
Mean signing bonus: $  5,808
Median signing bonus: $  5,000

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Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 11  %
Finance/Accounting: 68  %
General Management: 4  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Management Information Systems: 4  %
Marketing/Sales: 5  %
Operations/Production: 0  %
Logistics/Transportation: 0  %
Other: 9  %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 26  %
Consumer Products/Retail: 3  %
Consulting Services: 11  %
Financial Services: 36  %
Government/Education: 6  %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 4  %
Manufacturing: 6  %
Media/Entertainment: 1  %
Petroleum/Energy: 0  %
Real Estate: 0  %
Sports/Leisure: 0  %
Technology/Science: 4  %
Non-Profit: 0  %
Transportation: 0  %
Utilities: 1  %
Other: 3  %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100  %
Canada: 0  %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 87  %
Mid-Atlantic: 2  %
Midwest: 5  %
South: 4  %
Southwest: 1  %
West: 2  %
US Possessions/Territories: 1  %