I’m currently a junior and interested in Georgetown and being a finance/economics major. From what I read, Georgetown’s finance major has a more international concentration but I am much more interested in domestic business. So I was wondering if someone could help me better understand what it would be like for a student majoring in finance or economics.
My son is an economics major. Since no one has replied, I will post what little I know that he has told me about. Georgetown has two tracts on economics: SFS and the College. SFS is international economics. The College doesn’t have to be. The college adds the option of political economics but that doesn’t sound like what you are looking for. Finance majors are in the business school. You declare what school you want to attend when you apply. Right now the business school has the fancy new building and everyone is sort of jealous of their facilities. The business school is also very well regarded with very good opportunities for future work. But then, so is SFS and the College. All the programs are rigorous. And because they are popular majors, the beginner classes tend to be larger than regular classes.
@MoneyGoesToGTown so for finance majors, are the only option international or political? Is there an option for finance that is like a ‘normal’ finance major?
The “finance” major in the business school is a regular finance major. There are also options for students in the MSB to do majors in international business, where they take some classes in the School of Foreign Service, but these are separate from the general finance major.
Economics is different from finance, and is not in the business school. You can study economics both in the School of Foreign Service (International Economics (IECO) or International Political Economy (IPEC)), or in Georgetown College (Economics (ECON) or Political Economy (PECO)).
I am more familiar with the College, because that is the school that I am in. Basically, there is a lot of crossover between economics in the College and economics the SFS, and many of the courses are the exact same. Students in the SFS will have to complete the much larger SFS core, which includes other classes in international relations and a language requirement, whereas economics in the College offers much more flexibility and less overall requirements. The difference between Political Economy and Economics is that the PECO major requires coursework in the Government department.
If you want to look at the classes offered in the various departments, you can look at this Spring’s schedule of courses here:
https://myaccess.georgetown.edu/pls/bninbp/bwckgens.p_proc_term_date?p_term=201610&p_campus=MN&p_calling_proc=bwckschd.p_disp_dyn_sched#_ga=1.177179685.1680112856.1434941978
The undergraduate curriculum in the McDonough School of Business is here:
http://msb.georgetown.edu/programs/undergraduate/academics/curriculum
The requirements for the undergraduate major in Economics is here:
http://bulletin.georgetown.edu/page/1242706925513.html#_ga=1.214917271.1680112856.1434941978
@rkw0211 thanks so much, this is really helpful