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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
88  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
39  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
67  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BBA
Hours: 124

Other degree requirements:
Twenty business courses are required as part of the foundation requirements for the BBA. 6 business courses must be completed in the major. In completing the BBA, students will become competent in understanding critical business concepts, the practice of ethical decision-making, demonstrating effective written and oral communication and the ability to apply critical thinking to business problems. Fox students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses. Students must satisfy all GenEd, Fox Foundation, major courses/electives and reach 124 crs. to graduate

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
45.3

Average class size in business electives:
28.1

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

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 21  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 70  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 9  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
65  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
118

Electives added in current academic year:

Corporate Sustainability: People Profits & Planet
Social Entrepreneurship
International Risk Management
Environmental Law
Internet Enabled Supply Chains

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2008

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

Human Resource Management

International Business

Marketing


Special programs for business students:
Business Honors Program, Research Scholars, Diamond Scholars, TempleLaw Scholars, Diamond Peer Teachers, Fox Peer Teachers, Study Abroad Fellows

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

Work study opportunities description:
Students work through the office of financial aid and the University Career Services office to identify work study options on campus. Co-op positions as well as internships are identified through the Fox Center for Student Professional Development Office or the University Career Services Office.

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
Semester/year long programs are available at Temple Rome, Temple Japan, France, Ireland, and in Spain. Additional programs are available in the summer in Brazil, Germany, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Senegal, and the U.K. Exchange programs with Germany, Puerto Rico, and the U.K. Other Temple programs include FIPSE and Latin American Studies emersion semesters. Between semester destination programs have been offered in Vietnam, India, and Ghana. Temple students also participate in non-Temple programs in countries all over the world.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Business students participate annually in two Red Cross Blood Drives, Relay for Life, Habitat for Humanity, Accounting tutoring for local high school students, food drives for Project H.O.M.E., St. John's Hospice, and crisis assistance for occurances like Katrina and Haiti relief, clothing drives, Better World Book drives, VITA tax services for the community, as well as other University sponsored events.

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Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

23 student professional organizations
Mock Trial Competitions
Fox School Alumni Association Events
Corporate and Alumni Guest Speakers
Business Plan Competitions
Community Service Opportunities
Target Case Competition
Professional Development Workshops and Career Fairs

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Gamma Iota Sigma Intern'l Risk Mgmt Assoc
Beta Alpha Psi Honors Accounting Society
American Marketing Association
Financial Management Association
International Business Student Association

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
No

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 130
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 136
Permanent/tenured professors: 68
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 18
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 3
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 18
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 16

Prominent faculty:

Rajiv Banker DBA Harvard University
Masaaki Kotabe PhD Michigan State University
David Cummins PhD University of Pennsylvania

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COMMENTS
On January 2009, Fox opened an $80 million, state-of-the-art building, Alter Hall. A 217 sqft building with ample space for student relaxation, collaboration, and study. Alter Hall enables consolidation of all programs in one place.

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
39,464

Total living alumni:
35,497

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
6  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  315

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  50

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


Prominent alumni:

Name: Larry G. Miller, 1982
Title: President, Portland Trail Blazers, NBA Franchise
Name: Norman Braman, 1955
Title: President & CEO, Braman Mgmt; Owner; Philadelphia Eagles
Name: Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, 1981
Title: Chairman, Dubai Ports World; Nakheel Executive Chairman