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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BBA
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
Prerequisite coursework in Economics, Statistics, Calculus and Accounting. Core Coursework: 23 hours of business coursework, including courses in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Information Systems, Operations Mgmt, Business Law, Organizational Behavior, and Strategic Management. Major requirements: at least 12 hours in one of the following major fields: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Process Management & Consulting. Detailed course requirements available at mason.wm.edu/bba

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
40

Average class size in business electives:
28


Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 16  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 83  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 1  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
26

Electives added in current academic year:

IT and Health Care
Teams: Design Selection & Development
Strategic Management & Innovation
Environmental Consulting
Estate & Financial Planning

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2001

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Consulting

Finance

Marketing

Other

Process Management

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Special programs for business students:
Each business major develops an individual program of study that uniquely addresses their particular interests. Many students include study abroad, a secondary area of business study, or interdisciplinary study in Arts and Sciences. Specialized opportunities in 09-10 include: faculty-student research grants, IT & health care seminar, advanced portfolio management/fund course, environmental consulting seminar.

  Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
No

Work study opportunities description:
N/A

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
The Mason School of Business aspires to have every business undergraduate study abroad. Our curriculum has been designed to allow students to study abroad in the spring of their 2nd or 3rd year. We also offer an early admission option for students studying abroad in the semester immediately before entering the business program.To learn more about where you can study abroad, please visit us at: mason.wm.edu/bba.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
For the last two years, our business program has offered a service learning experience of outreach to an elementary school in Cambodia (http://mason.wm.edu/programs/und ... y/service/index.php). Many business students also volunteer through the College’s Office of Volunteer Services: http://www.wm.edu/studentactivities/osvs/

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Student Marketing Association
Finance Academy
Gibbs Accounting Society
Mason Entrepreneurship Club
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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Beta Gamma Sigma
Finance Academy
Gibbs Accounting Society
Net Impact
Student Marketing Association

  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 : 48
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 7
Permanent/tenured professors: 27
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 22
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 11
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 7.4
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 37

Prominent faculty:

Herrington Bryce
Karen Locke
Rajiv Kohli

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
7,803

Total living alumni:
7,276

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
26  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  2,300

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  200

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


Prominent alumni:

Name: Kathryn B. McQuade
Title: Exec. VP & COO, Canadian Pacific Railway Co. & Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
Name: Kathleen D. Durdin
Title: Director, Professional Development, Navigant Consulting Inc.
Name: Robey W. Estes, Jr.
Title: President & CEO, Estes Express Lines