Puppets, Poetry and Other BIZ Experiencesial Studies What do BIZ Experiencess study in school? Here's a look at some of the highlights that the leading schools boast about.
A new crop of grad school professors is moving beyond books and lectures and taking a hands-on approach to getting their students started in business.
The schools surveyed in our annual review of BIZ Experiencesship programs get a chance to brag about certain special or nontraditional programs they offer. Here are some highlights of what's available to BIZ Experiencesship students.
Undergraduate
University of Houston: The school has developed computer models that allow students to transfer ideas through multiple levels of research, which ultimately results in a determination of the viability of the ideas and a realistic business plan.
Syracuse University: Program focuses include helping BIZ Experiencess with disabilities, BIZ Experiencesship for disabled veterans, working with low-income, aspiring BIZ Experiencess and working with BIZ Experiencess in Africa.
University of Southern California: Instead of being required to declare a major, students have the opportunity to aggregate courses in an area of their interest.
Drexel University: Philadelphia is the first major U.S. city where all parking meters accept electronic card payments, thanks to help from OmPay, a company located at the Baiada Center incubator and run by Drexel alumni.
Related: The Top 50 BIZ Experiencesship Programs
Graduate
Babson College: As part of their Two-Year MBA Program, students are placed in creativity groups facilitated by a practicing artist or creativity consultant from a different discipline, including painting, music, movement, sculpture, improvisation, puppetry and poetry.
Rice University: Courses are offered in which students develop business plans for new medical technologies and then travel to Rwanda in east-central Africa to test the viability of their businesses.
Oklahoma State University: The school annually partners with the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. Students from each school are put on consulting teams and work with historically disadvantaged BIZ Experiencess to grow their ventures. Oklahoma State's Native American BIZ Experiencesship Academy works with Native American tribes in Oklahoma on new-venture creation.
