<p>I know that Duke has a great medical program, but how is it in terms of undergraduate business? I believe that Fuqua is graduate only and that Duke doesn't really have a specific undergraduate business school, but does it have a good program geared towards business? If so, how would it compare to schools like Berkeley's Haas or NYU's Stern?</p>
<p>I'm interested in business but I really like Duke overall, in general more than Berkeley or NYU. However, the business issue about Duke is making me very unsure of which school I would pick.</p>
<p>Yes, on the prebusiness site that warblersrule gave you, be sure to look at "Business: A Liberal Arts Perspective (PDF)" in the upper right hand corner, as it really describes Duke's take on the whole undergraduate business preparation thing.
There's a reason that Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Duke, to name a few, all have business schools but don't let undergraduates enroll.</p>
<p>"There's a reason that Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Duke, to name a few, all have business schools but don't let undergraduates enroll."</p>
<p>whats that reason? Elitism?</p>
<p><em>beats nyusternman with a big stick</em></p>
<p>No, it's because many people change their minds about pre-med, pre-business, etc. It's silly to have to change schools if you change your mind. It's good to have a broad liberal education.</p>
<p>so then they can just transfer to the duke/harvard/stanford school of arts and sciences... whats the big deal? those schools are elitist and nothing else. its a waste of money to spend 120k to major in the liberal arts, no offense.</p>
<p>...yet people do it all the time. People get undergrad degrees and then go on to medical and law schools. What's the difference?</p>
<p>Anyway, did you read the link? I thought it was interesting.
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The debate over the value of a liberal arts education versus a focused curriculum will never die down. So that students can explore their true interests, those on the liberal arts side of the issue claim that college students need to expand their horizons and to take classes in a wide
variety of areas. Those in favor of a focused education believe that students need a depth of knowledge in areas that are directly relevant to the working world. Many students rightfully do not place much emphasis
on this debate when choosing a college. From my experiences, I have determined that the best education is a mix of liberal arts with some concentration in an area of interest. The Duke curriculum facilitates this through its various areas of knowledge requirements, but it still permits students enough flexibility to be able to consider themselves prebusiness. Even though I work in the financial services industry, the knowledge that I gained from classes in the sciences and in literature, among other
areas, has been valuable. This liberal arts background combined with a major in economics, a certificate in Markets & Management, and other business-related classes provided me with both a diverse education and a core set of classes directly relevant to my career.
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<p>Hoops921- Keep in mind that the Haas undergrad program is only for the last two years of college (you apply as a sophomore), and there's absolutely no guarantee you'll get in. You may get into Berkeley as a freshman, but you very well might not get into Haas as a junior.</p>
<p>"So that students can explore their true interests, those on the liberal arts side of the issue claim that college students need to expand their horizons and to take classes in a wide"</p>
<p>Talk about an idiotic statement. who the hell decided this person was the authority on intellectualism and what college students should study? I know I, and thousands of other people, sure as hell don't find analyzing a dead person's quotes about love and trying to find meaning in something that isn't there to be interesting, and would rather study something else. this person sounds like the typical liberal academic with their head up their ass</p>
<p>You call a liberal arts education elistist, maybe I think a specialized business education is myopic and narrow-minded. </p>
<p>You're right in that many people are opting for a more specialized vocational program as an undergrad, that's fine. But there is a place in society for a true liberal arts education. If you don't see the need for it, great, don't do it.</p>
<p>Are you really that insecure about going to Stern? Pick up your head and move on, Stern is a good school.</p>
<p>huh?
the second part of your post makes no sense. Even if I was rejected everywhere but nyu i would think the exact same thing about that person's views.</p>
<p>I'm just saying that your thoughts on a liberal arts education seem unreasonable.
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Since its founding, Stern has stressed liberal arts as the educational cornerstone for business professionals.
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That's from Stern's website.</p>
<p>Every respectable school incorporates the liberal arts, different schools just do it in different proportions.</p>
<p>yeah i think its good to take a quota of liberal arts classes, but for someone to suggest a liberal arts curriculum is superior to a business/engineering concentration is nothing short of ludicruous.</p>
<p>Yeah, you may be right, but I don't think that the schools that don't offer an undergraduate curriculum are necessarily doing it out of elitism, I think it's more out of traditionalism. After all, the schools I mentioned are really trying to make an undergraduate education MORE accessible to everyone with 100% need-based financial aid and need-blind admissions. Harvard (and maybe Yale?) waives tuition for people earning under a certain income level. Remember that people originally went to college for the liberal arts, why should they change now?</p>