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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching Methods:
Case Study: 30 %
Distance Learning: 0 %
Experiential Learning: 10 %
Lectures: 30 %
Simulations: 5 %
Team Projects: 15 %

Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom: 18
Teachers in the part-time program: 62
Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 18
Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100
Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 100 %
Average core class size: 39
Average elective class size: 30
Electives available: 42

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Recently added electives:
Business Literature
Applied Customer Relationship Management
Applied Marketing Strategies
Applied Investment Analysis
Applied Business Taxation
Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation

Last curriculum revision: 2,010
Recent curriculum changes: Restructured core & added managerial accounting strategy and business context courses; Added one unit applied courses to increase applied learning, also business literature courses to allow for more specialized study.
Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

General Management
Finance
Marketing
Strategy
Other
Entrepreneurship
Organizational Behavior

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Additional concentrations offered: Business Analytics
Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No
Leading areas of study:

Finance
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Corporate Social Responsibility
Organizational Behavior
Graduation requirements:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

Credits required to graduate: 72

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TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Installation of state-of-the-art A/V equip. & hearing impaired system. Upgrade to new wireless infrastructure. New event/room reservation system. Installation of cable TV. Upgrade of printers/copiers w/solid ink technology. New interactive info kiosks & video conferencing workstations. Installation of cardkey system for 24-hr facility access. Additional computing lab terminals. Implementation of virtual student lab system for remote access to course software.
Amount spent: 700000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni: 2,594
Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 12 %
Mean gift from MBA alumni: $321.00
Median gift from MBA alumni: $150.00
Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
Business school endowment $10,147,265.00
Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
University alumni networking site: http://www.alumni.ucdavis.edu
Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
Business school alumni networking site: http://www.gsm.ucdavis.edu/Alumni/Directory
Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

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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:
Intel Corporation 7
University of California 6
Chevron Corporation 5
Genetech/Roche 5
State of California 3

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The program at Davis was an amazing experience. The quality of my classmates was top-notch and the professors are leaders in their fields. The course content is dynamic and not watered down because the part-time students have the same content and professors as the full-time program. Also, the Davis MBA program is smaller than many business schools and you get to know everyone on a first-name basis. If you are looking to be challenged and have cutting-edge course content, then Davis is for you. If you need a "check-the-box" MBA, you may want to go to a different program.

I liked the combination of instructors with practical work and academic experience. [The school] provided a great practical application into the business world. The downside was that not all instructors at the main campus were willing to travel to the satellite campus.

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The UC Davis MBA instructors are up to date on industry and buisness trends. One weakness would be the amount of material they try to contain in one course.

The program provided a great learning experience. The professors were specialists in the topics they taught, which included a mix of theory and actual real-world experience. Both the core classes and electives were highly relevant to today's business environment. In addition, since the program's reputation continues to grow, a great number of professionals from multiple fields have enrolled to learn and share experiences that in a collective manner enhance the learning experience.

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UC Davis is an excellent school, and it is family friendly from a scheduling standpoint. You can choose to take classes every other weekend, while other programs make you attend every weekend.

Clearly, our professors actually enjoyed teaching working professionals, and these were the actual professors, not just the adjuncts. Communicating with them was simple and easy. They always made themselves available. Interestingly, they often seemed to learn as much from our experiences as we did from theirs. Sometimes, the instructors were not fantastic. That goes with any school, and unfortunately, it happened here as well.

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The Davis program was a rigorous and fulfilling. It offers flexibility (at times) and provides some flexibility in choosing classes/schedules.

There were a lot of quality teachers that were passionate about what they were teaching. They were concerned that you understood the concepts and did not just regurgitate the information.

Pursuing an MBA has broadened my knowledge and [offered] unlimited oppurtunities. I believe that the UC Davis' program is tailor made to the trends of today's business world. Moreover, the class sizes are small and are very interactive. Further, the timing of the part-time program [courses] is very convenient.