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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
25

Electives added in current academic year:

Marketing Communications
Marketing Metrics
Entrepreneurial Marketing

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2003

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Economics

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing


Special programs for business students:
International study including semester, full academic year, and summer programs; the Wolstein Society recognizes outstanding undergraduates who represent the spirit of enterprise as demonstrated by leadership, scholarship, community service, and professional will; ACTION LEARNING, a 6-credit, semester-long consulting experience during which teams develop real solutions for corporate and non-profit clients (i.e., NOT a simulation).

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

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
40

Average class size in business electives:
25

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
n/a

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 15  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 80  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 5  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
5  %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2008-09:
10  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 122

Other degree requirements:
The University’s common curriculum, known as SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education & Scholarship), requires each student to complete an approved Capstone experience – which can take several different forms. Most business majors satisfy the Capstone requirement by completing Action Learning, a semester-long consulting experience in which a team of students tackles a real problem for a real company or non-profit organization

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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
92  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
90  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
92  %

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Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
50  %

0  %

0  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2009-10:
100  %

  Scholarship consideration process:
As part of the admissions application

  School offers guaranteed loans:
No

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

Financial aid web site
http://finaid.case.edu/

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  2,350,000

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  2,420,500

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:
Academic merit

Other scholarship considerations:
N/A

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Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 2  %
Asian American: 25  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 3  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 54  %
Chose not to report: 14  %
Other: 2  %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Northeast: 15  %
Mid-Atlantic: 15  %
South: 5  %
Southwest: 5  %
Midwest : 55  %
West: 5  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

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SAT scores for full-time entering business students on 1600 scale:

        Mean:  1,275
        Median:  1,300

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

        From:  1,200
        To:  1,400

ACT scores for full-time entering business students:

        Mean:  28
        Median:  28

ACT middle 50% range:

        From:  1,200
        To:  1,400

Citizenship of entering students

U.S.: 90  %
Other countries: 10  %

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CLASS PROFILE
Class Profile:

Female: 42  %
International : 10  %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 18
Median: 18

Percent of Students Who Were In:
      Top 10% of high school class:
50  %

      Top 25% of high school class:
60  %

HS GPA of 3.75 or higher:
60  %

HS GPA of 3.5 to 3.74:
25  %

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Are the freshman admits to the business program required to complete pre-business courses before beginning upper-level courses in the junior year?
No

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:
Case Western Reserve admits a highly competitive class via single-door admission; enrolled students can choose any major. First-year students may take intro classes (e.g. Accounting, Econ); student may select core business classes (e.g., Finance, Marketing) as early as sophomore year. The Weatherhead School of Management welcomes 1st-yr students into our degree programs, and students can very easily switch to business from other majors in freshman and sophomore years without being behind.

  Internal transfers handled by:
Declare business major

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:
n/a

Additional requirements for internal transfers:
N/A