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MBA Employment Profile Class of 2011 Number of graduates 203 Median base salary $95,000 Median bonus $13,000 Students accepting jobs 87% Case Competitions First Place 2010 Smith Merger and Acquisition Case Competition 2010 Ninth Annual Leeds Net Impact Case Competition McDonald's challenges MBA students with real-world issues McDonald's is loving it—"it" being the ideas the company received from first-year Notre Dame MBA students during the Interterm Intensives deep-dive course "Business Research, Decision Making and Communication Fundamentals: Corporate Social Responsibility at McDonald's Corporation." Teams of MBA students tackled actual issues facing McDonald's. In 2010, these involved sustainability in the supply chain, building "green" restaurants, and whether the company should have a Corporate Social Responsibility strategy for marketing and communications. The Deep Dives during Interterm Intensives give students hands-on experience using critical business skills, such as how to gather information, problem solve in the context of global markets, and create and communicate innovative answers that the company can implement. The teams receive first-hand feedback from the executives of companies such as GE, adidas, IBM, Coca-Cola and Boeing, who sponsor cases on a regular basis. New course delves into issues of the financial crisis In the recently launched MBA course "Financial Instruments and Fair-Value Reporting," students analyze case studies of companies that were at the heart of the financial crisis: Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Countrywide Financial and Washington Mutual, to name a few. Taught by Thomas J. Frecka, Vincent and Rose Lizzadro Professor of Accountancy, the course focuses on controversial fair-value measurements for investment securities and derivative financial instruments, as well as related topics such as securitization and accounting for loans. A heavy emphasis is placed on analyzing financial statements for large financial institutions. 12 The course was developed in line with the revised financial-reporting curriculum for MBA students that allows for the increased study of advanced topics. 2009 Berkeley Marketing Case Competition Second Place 2011 Rocky Mountain Regional of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) 2010 Rocky Mountain Regional of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) 2010 Aspen Institute Business and Society International MBA Case Competition Thomas J. Frecka