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FINANCIAL AID
  Financial aid handled by:
Central financial aid office at the university

Financial aid web site
http://sfa.osu.edu

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  14,949,814

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  16,604,489

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:
A combination of need and merit

Other scholarship considerations:
N/A

Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
47  %

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Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2009-10:
3  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2009-10 year:
13  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2009-10:
87  %

  Scholarship consideration process:
All candidates are considered for scholarships

  School offers guaranteed loans:
No

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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
93  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
53  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
91  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BSBA
Hours: 186

Other degree requirements:
Minimum 2.0 overall university GPA; minimum 2.0 in Business Specialization (5-8 courses); 75% of specialization completed at OSU; minimum 45 hours of business, acct and / or economics in residence

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
69

Average class size in business electives:
46

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
37

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 5  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 33  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 42  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
100  %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2008-09:
100  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
89

Electives added in current academic year:

Sustainable Business Practices

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2005

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

Marketing

Operations Management

Supply Chain Management


Special programs for business students:
Interdisciplinary minor in entrepreneurship; Accounting Honors Program; Honors Cohort Program; Honors Contract Program; Fisher Futures; Dedicated Career Services; Dedicated Study Abroad (CIBER) office; Business Scholars for Freshmen; Business Honors Learning Community for Freshmen; Fisher Citizenship Program for freshmen; Peer Advising Program; Degree with Distinction; Denman UG Research Forum

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

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Work study opportunities description:
Student Employee positions in Fisher College that are work-study eligible; While not required for degree, Internship & Co-Op opportunities with corporations via Fisher College Career Services

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
Fisher College hosts a CIBER which has 16 partner school exchange programs; over 90 university-wide study abroad programs; Emerging Markets Field Study provides a course experience followed by a week-long field study in Panama; Green Business enables students to study sustainable business in Costa Rica and includes a field study to that country; Summer exchange program with Audencia School of Management in Nantes, France has existed for 25 years; New Global Innovation & Execution program includes 5 weeks of course modules plus 6-8 weeks in Europe or Asia working in mixed MBA/UG teams on field projects for multinational corporations; 5-part orientation and cross cultural skills development workshop series is mandatory to prepare students participating in the exchange program; Language training is strongly encouraged and in addition to regular language courses students participate in individualized instruction in 7 languages or Rosetta Stone language training which is available in 16 languages.

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Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Students are able to participate at the university level in university programs, ie MLK Day of Service as well as connect with community opportunities via service agencies, schools, churches, etc.; BUS Scholars have community service requirement; Honors Cohort students teach Junior Achievement; BHLC students take required leadership course followed by service project

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Student Chapters of National Professional Organizations (AMA HRA etc)
National Honoraries (Beta Alpha Psi Beta Gamma Sigma)
Major Clubs (The UG Finance Assoc The Accounting Assoc Human Resources Assoc etc)
Hispanic Business Students Association
Council of Black Students in Administration
Asian Business Students Association
Undergraduate Business Womens Association
National Business Fraternal Orgs (Delta Sigma Pi Alpha Kappa Psi)

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Delta Sigma Pi
Alpha Kappa Psi
American Marketing Association
Fisher Citizenship Program
Ungergraduate Finance Association

  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 : 80
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 42
Permanent/tenured professors: 35
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 31
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 6
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 9
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 11

Prominent faculty:

Rene Stulz
Greg Allenby
Jay Barney