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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BSBA
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
N/A

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
44

Average class size in business electives:
14


Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 56  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 32  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 12  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
151

Electives added in current academic year:

MGT 250A The Olin Experience: Career and Leadership Development
MGT 250B The Olin Experience: Service Learning Project
MGT 450A Internship in Business
FIN 400I Mergers and Acquisitions
IS 400I Business in Israel

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

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Economics

Finance

Marketing

Strategy

Entrepreneurship; Health Care Management; International Business; Operations & Suppy Chain Management; Organizational Behavior

Special programs for business students:
International Internship Programs, Taylor Community Consulting Projects, Senior Honors Seminar, Olin Hatchery (Entrepreneurship), Management Practicum, Management Communication Lab

  Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
No

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Work study opportunities description:
N/A

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
International Internship Programs; Semester Study and Exchange Programs; Short-duration Immersion Programs

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Sophomore-level elective course offered in partnership with the Gephardt Institute for Public Service for which student teams assess and propose solutions to business problems in St. Louis-based non-profit organizations; student service club, Olin Cares

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Alpha Kappa Psi
Delta Sigma Pi
Female Association of Business
Olin Business Council
Olin Sports Management Association
Washington University Accounting Association
Washington University Consulting Association
Washington University Marketing Association

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Alpha Kappa Psi
Delta Sigma Pi
Female Association of Business
Olin Peer Ambassadors
Olin Sports Management Association

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Total living alumni:
7,444

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
21  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  6,197

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  100


Prominent alumni:

Name: Sam Fox, BSBA 1951
Title: Former US Ambassador to Belgium; Chairman, Harbour Group Ltd
Name: Jerald L. Kent, BSBA 1978, MBA 1979
Title: President and CEO, Cequel III, LLC
Name: Arnold B. Zetcher, BSBA 1962
Title: Former Chairman and CEO, Talbots, Inc.

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
88  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 76  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 24  %

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:
331

Career services provided for business majors:
Undergraduate career course; individual career advising; resume review; mock interviews; organized visits to New York; Talent Summits in New York, Silicon Valley and Chicago; Accounting, Finance, Consulting and Marketing Symposia

Job offer results, 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 80  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 14  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 4  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 79  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 15  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 4  %

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Top hiring firms:



Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
  

General Mills
  
Citigroup Inc.
  
Target Corp.
  
Bain & Company
  
PricewaterhouseCoopers
  
Monsanto
  
Ernst & Young
  
Goldman Sachs Group
  
Bank of America Corp.
  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  
McKinsey & Company
  
Morgan Stanley
  
Microsoft
  
RBC Financial
  


Other Hiring Firms:

Deloitte Consulting
Capital One
Harrah's Entertainment
The Nielsen Company
Bloomingdale's
ConAgra Foods
Teach for America
AXA Advisors
Bank of New York
Cerner Corporation
Edward Jones
Federal Reserve Board
Intel
Piper Jaffray
Wells Fargo Advisors

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Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $  58,195
Median base salary: $  57,000
Mean signing bonus: $  7,186
Median signing bonus: $  10,000

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 15  %
Finance/Accounting: 37  %
General Management: 7  %
Human Resources: 4  %
Management Information Systems: 1  %
Marketing/Sales: 23  %
Operations/Production: 0  %
Logistics/Transportation: 0  %
Other: 13  %

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Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 6  %
Consumer Products/Retail: 17  %
Consulting Services: 16  %
Financial Services: 25  %
Government/Education: 8  %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 7  %
Manufacturing: 3  %
Media/Entertainment: 3  %
Petroleum/Energy: 0  %
Real Estate: 3  %
Sports/Leisure: 4  %
Technology/Science: 2  %
Non-Profit: 1  %
Transportation: 0  %
Utilities: 0  %
Other: 5  %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100  %
Canada: 0  %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 36  %
Mid-Atlantic: 9  %
Midwest: 39  %
South: 5  %
Southwest: 4  %
West: 7  %
US Possessions/Territories: 0  %