Business at Northwestern..?

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<p>I am interested in Business (as far as I can tell so far, heh) and I'm choosing between Georgetown and Northwestern. Georgetown has the whole undergrad business program deal, but northwestern is ranked higher--something I'm thinking about is just getting a tried and true liberal arts education and then going from there...</p>

<p>I do have a question, I promise. And it is: Is there any undergraduate business program at NU that's, maybe, under a different name? Are there a lot of business inclined students there, and is there a certain path they usually take? it seems like just majoring in a language or something may be good..</p>

<p>I'm really just clueless, so help me out if you're kind-hearted :-)</p>

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<p>Unless the business program is from Wharton/Michigan/Stern, I'd pick NU also.</p>

<p>Most business inclined people major in econ for which NU is one of the best (top-10) in the country. In fact, NU econ majors has won the college fed challenge two years in a row. <a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2005/12/challenge.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2005/12/challenge.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The econ department does provide quite a few classes in business/finance; so it's not all just about economic theory:</p>

<p>ECON 250-0 Business and Government
ECON 260-0 Accounting and Business Finance
ECON 308-0 Money and Banking
ECON 309-0 Elements of Public Finance
ECON 362-0 International Finance </p>

<p>The econ curriculum does lack courses in marketing/managment that typical business program provides but you can pick up one of those through a minor in business institutions program (BIP) <a href="http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/bip/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/bip/index.html&lt;/a>
and take Business Institutions 239 - Marketing Management </p>

<p>The industrial engineering & management sciences dept, a top-5 program in the country, also has business/management related courses but I don't know if they are open to non-majors or Weinburg students: </p>

<p><a href="http://www.iems.northwestern.edu/content/courses.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.iems.northwestern.edu/content/courses.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Courses like financial engineering in that department are actually more hard-core than finance courses in typical undergrad business program.</p>

<p>There are also some management/organizational related courses in SESP:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/ugrad/conc/loc/curriculum/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/ugrad/conc/loc/curriculum/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>One of my friends double-majored in econ and loc and now is a venture capitalist for one of the biggest banks in the world.</p>

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<p>Although there is no true undergrad business program, MANY people graduate from Northwestern and are recruited heavily by top businesses. Most who attend Northwestern and eventually want a career in business major in Undergraduate Economics...</p>

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<p>Thanks for LOC pimpage, Sam Lee. I can't really stress enough how much of an awesome (and underutilized) major it is.</p>

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<p>Thank you, Sam Lee, for your WONDERFUL response. I am actually going to print it out. You rock! :-)</p>

<p>It's still going to be a tough choice, but now I think I can take the fact that NU doesn't have a business school off of my NU "Con List"...since McDonough isn't ranked that high, a pure love of Georgetown is really all that would bring me there over NU.</p>

<p>I'm visiting my sister in Chicago next friday for a week, so I'll be missing the Preview NU program but I'm hoping I'll be able to schedule a nice little visit on my own.</p>

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<p>That being said, I have a potentially stupid question:</p>

<p>What is LOC?</p>

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<p>Learning and Organizational Change. It's a major in SESP that is relevant for pre-business types, among others.</p>

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<p>dfleish and cny06,</p>

<p>You are welcome! :)</p>

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<p>Also, there are some undergrad courses available through IMC (Integrated Marketing Communications), which is technically Medill but open to everyone.</p>

<p>They are IMC 300 level classes called Direct Marketing and Advertising; I've heard great things about both. </p>

<p>And if you major in LOC, ALL of NU's business-related classes COUNT towards your major requirements!</p>

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<p>Does that make a double major between econ and LOC relatively easy?</p>

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<p>I think so. The friend that I mentioned did it in 4 years while still finding time to do research and internships..etc.</p>

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<p>Most elite undergraduate institutions do not have business schools. But they have pipelines of students going to top business programs after some work experience. Northwestern is no exception. The Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences program is a real star and sends a lot of people to elite business programs. Business institutions at NU offers some business school-type training in "nuts and bolts" without actually being a business degree. A major in Northwestern econ or sociology would be recognized as excellent preparation by any business school.</p>

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<p>cny06: Yes it does. (Same goes for LOC + BIP Minor). You are allowed to "double count" a certain number of classes between majors so you end up filling a lot of the same requirements by taking a select few classes. I originally planned on doing that, then dropped the Econ because I didn't have a good experience with it fall quarter (I haven't decided yet though)- but it's definitely doable.</p>

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<p>Yea, econ isn't easy at NU. I studied but got only B+ in all three of the econ classes I took. There are many smart econ students that just blow the curves. ;)</p>