SCHULICH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

The 'Schulich School of Business' is a faculty at York University in Toronto. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including a Master of Business Administration. The school is named after Seymour Schulich, a major benefactor.

Contents

Graduate programs

Undergraduate programs

Organizational Relationships

Notable Faculty

Notable Alumni

Rankings

References

Graduate programs

Schulich offers several graduate degrees including MBA, iMBA, EMBA and PhD degrees.
The graduate programs offer a wide variety of choices and flexibility. The school does not require that students specialize. However, it does offer a number of specializations.
The school also offers a number of dual degrees jointly with other schools at York University including Fine Arts and Law.

Undergraduate programs

Schulich offers two undergraduate programs: BBA and the International BBA (iBBA)
The undergraduate programs (BBA and iBBA) enroll about 380 students (275 for BBA and 108 for iBBA). Applicants must also write up a supplementary application that includes a summary of the organizations, sports teams, volunteer work etc that the applicant has been involved in. There are three essay type questions on the supplementary application. Two reference letters are also required. While the minimum acceptable grade fluctuates every year based on the quality of applicants, the school currently recommends that applicants have an average of in the 90s. All undergraduate applicants must take at least 6 U and M courses, but can not take 2 M courses in the same discipline. Applicants must also take Grade 12 English (U) and Grade 12 Calculus.
In 2007-2008, the iBBA program will be in its 8th class, and the BBA program will be in its 30th.

Organizational Relationships

Schulich maintains a number of relationships with other leading business schools.

★ The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Schulich offer a joint EMBA.

★ L’Université Laval and Schulich offer a joint program established to graduate bilingual and bicultural managers.

★ Schulich maintains student-exchange relationships with over seventy business schools in over forty-five countries.^[1]

Notable Faculty

★ Cyril Bouquet, 2004 Richard Farmer award for best dissertation at the Academy of International Business.

★ Gareth Morgan

Notable Alumni

★ Naveen Dargan, director of several energy trusts including CCS Income Trust

★ Rob McEwen Chairman and CEO of US Gold Corporation and Lexam Explorations. Founder and former Chairman and CEO of Goldcorp

★ Dennis Fotinos, President & CEO of Enwave

★ Richard E. Waugh CEO of Scotiabank

Rankings

★ 49th in the 2007 Financial Times MBA rankings, down 31 spots from previous ranking and 30th over a three-year average (2005 - 2007).^[2]

★ 30th in the 2006 MBA rankings by the Economist Intelligence Unit.^[3]

References

1. International Relations
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Global MBA rankings in 2007
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Which MBA