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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
96  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
98  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
99  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BBA
Hours: 138

Other degree requirements:
Completion of: Emory general education requirements for BBA students, all prerequisite business classes, all business core classes, at least one business area depth, a minimum of five electives in the business school, a minimum of 70 hours and four semesters of residency in the BBA program

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
42.8

Average class size in business electives:
32.6

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

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 27  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 38  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 35  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
10  %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2008-09:
7  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
66

Electives added in current academic year:

Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
Non-profit Consulting
Entertainment/Media/Sports Marketing
Project Management & Collaboration
Operations Strategy

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2010

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Consulting

Finance

Marketing

Real Estate


Special programs for business students:
Students may complete a major in liberal arts or design a depth integrating business and college fields. We offer business research certification and a leadership academy that includes assessment, coaching, and experiential learning. Our seminar series include speakers, skill-based classes, career development workshops, and short courses taught by industry professionals. A range of electives contain fieldwork or projects assisting non-profits. Incoming students participate in an offsite overnight orientation focused on team building.

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

Work study opportunities description:
Work study options include research and teaching assistantships as well as project work in departmental offices. Students may also participate in an internship during the school year that is linked to an on-line discussion forum and supporting coursework.

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
Capitalizing upon Goizueta's relationship with 35 internationally renowned business schools in 23 countries in the Pacific Rim, Middle East, Europe, and South American, one third of Goizueta BBA students participate in study abroad experiences. Our learning community is enhanced by the 100 exchange students from our partner schools who join us at Goizueta each year. In addition to academic credit, Goizueta BBA students may explore several opportunities to participate in an internship abroad.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Volunteer Emory, the office of Outreach and Community Partnerships, and Goizueta Service Organization connect students directly to the community. Non-profit Consulting and Marketing courses place students on projects for non-profit organizations. Selected students may receive financial and academic support to complete internships in non-profit community organizations. Half of the BBA students report that they volunteer three or more hours weekly.

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Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Alternative Investments Group
Beta Alpha Psi
Goizueta Communications Club
Goizueta Energy Group
Goizueta Service Organization
Real Estate Club
Goizueta Investors
Goizueta Marketing Club

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Goizueta Investors
Goizueta Marketing Club
Goizueta Consulting Club
Alpha Kappa Psi
Goizueta International Network

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 69
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 9
Permanent/tenured professors: 25
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 28
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 8
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 20

Prominent faculty:

Narasimhan Jegadeesh
Jag Sheth
Benn Konsynski

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COMMENTS
The Goizueta BBA Program features a course of study that combines a liberal arts foundation with a rigorous but flexible business curriculum, enabling students to acquire functional expertise while simultaneously pursuing intellectual lines of inquiry. Goizueta's curricular and co-curricular offerings push BBA students to develop academically, personally and professionally, empowering and encouraging them to make significant positive contributions to the organizations they serve and to society as a whole

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
7,381

Total living alumni:
6,742

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
18  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  1,076

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  100

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


Prominent alumni:

Name: Barry Silbert
Title: Founder and CEO, SecondMarket
Name: Gary Weinstein
Title: COO, Providence Equity Partners
Name: Steven Schonfeld
Title: Chairman and CEO, Schonfeld Group Holdings