The Center is led by Professor Richard Dorf as director and Career Services Center Director Kathy Klenzendorf as administrator. They will pre-qualify the best field study opportunities for students each quarter.

Each quarter one or more field study projects will be available to teams of students from the Daytime and Working Professional MBA programs. Students may enroll in a 3-unit class (Management Practicum Course 498 or 499) after they have been approved as a team for a particular field study. No more than six units of 299, 498 and/or 499 coursework can be applied toward the MBA degree requirements.

A practicum course is either a professional skills course which provides students with skills that managers might benefit from having (team building, presentations, business writing, etc.), or a project course or applications course that does not follow a traditional academic curriculum or format.

The purpose is to add to the existing curriculum by allowing a student the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in applying business knowledge previously acquired in other classes to real-world situations.

Workload expectations for each course will follow the Carnegie formula: at least 30 hours of work for each unit of credit per quarter, per student.

Each course should include at least one deliverable, such as a final report or a copy of a presentation handout. Students are required to submit a log of time spent on 498 and 499 courses with faculty meetings separately identified.

Step 1 - Review and select a projects, and submit a resume
Step 2 - Approval of participation and team assignments
Step 3 - Enroll in class and submit appropriate forms
Step 4 - Meet with Director, Field Study Advisor and Client 
Step 5 - Review and revise Interim Report
Step 6 - Final Report submitted and presented to Client

Summary of Criteria for Team Selection

Students who meet the following criteria are more likely to be selected for project participation than those who do not:

• Good academic standing with all core courses completed
• Completion of a prior Consulting Center project (preference for those who have not)
• Professional experience and academic work related to the project requirements
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork in coursework and MBA program
• Balance among team member skills and experience
• Ability to meet deadlines and follow through on commitments
• Project source (i.e., individual brought the project to the Consulting Center)

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