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STUDENT LIFE
Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

Biotech/Health care

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Marketing

Other

Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

Other

  Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus?
No

  Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms?
Yes

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching Methods:

Case Study: 25  %
Lectures: 50  %
Team Projects: 20  %

Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom:
18

Teachers in the part-time program:
145

Tenured teachers in the part-time program:
54

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:
100  %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:
100  %

Average core class size:
40

Average elective class size:
34

Electives available:
124

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Recently added electives:
Quality Improvement in Healthcare: Six Sigma and Beyo
Forecasting Industry and Technology Futures
Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
Managed Outsources IT -Enabled Services
Information Enabled Supply Chains
Coaching as Leadership Style

Last curriculum revision:
2005

Recent curriculum changes:
N/A

Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

Accounting

E-commerce

Economics

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

International Business

Leadership

Marketing

Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Strategy

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Additional concentrations offered:
Supply Chain
Healthcare Management
Information Technology Management

  Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program?
Yes

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

Management Information Systems

Operations Management

Supply Chain Management

Graduation requirements:

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average


Credits required to graduate:
53

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Upgraded audio and video performance capabilities in classrooms and meeting rooms. Replaced computer and printer equipment in labs. Replaced and added servers and upgraded server software. Upgraded switches and increased network connectivity throughout the B-School. Upgraded and added various software packages.

Amount spent:
$  1,607,335

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
35,590

Active MBA alumni clubs:
1

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
23

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
2  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  93

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  50

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No

Business school endowment
$  6,820,632

  Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
Yes

  Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
No

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
No

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
No

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CAREER SERVICES
  Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
Yes

  If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
At any time

  Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs?
Yes

  Are part-time students included in resume drops?
Yes

Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:



Bank of America
  31


Raytheon

Texas Instruments

Chase Bank

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The Dean of the School of Management has a good grasp of what is required to build an excellent program and seeks input from students, which is rare, based on my personal experience.

It was a good program with excellent instructors. It offered a great deal of flexibility and allowed me to complete the program over a four-year period.

It is a good education at a good price. There are many professors who are student advocates and really do teach students valuable lessons.

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Professors are very knowledgeable, personable, and easy to get along with.

The classes were challenging, and the diversity of the student body was an asset in the education.

The education was comprehensive, the exposure to Dallas' local business community was invaluable, and the open access to the school's cutting-edge technology and business research was great.

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There was a mix of instructors with professional backgrounds and professors with theoretical backgrounds who performed interesting research.

The emphasis on group work is understandable given the way companies work today. However, group work in a classroom setting is inherently different and has its own complications. As a part-time student, I found the group work frustrating at times.