Can someone please comment on the quality of RPI’s business curriculum?
I’m an engineering major, but I do know quite a few business majors and they seem to enjoy what they’re doing. I had the opportunity to recently help out with a research project for an upper level marketing class and it seems like the business curriculum is aimed much more towards the practical application of business which is very good. A lot of students in business like in engineering do co-ops at large companies and take a semester off and continue right after that. The Lally school also offers a mandatory sequence of courses in leadership and the HASS core prepares you to be a good communicator. A lot of people say business majors are looked down on but I wouldn’t say that’s true at all, it’s more of a hidden jewel than anything else at RPI. I also know there are a lot of concentrations both traditional and techy that are offered like you can do anything from computational finance to accounting or regular management. The curriculum is very flexible. Many management major’s also get a dual degree pretty easily.
Thanks very much. My son is keen to be studying a business curriculum that includes entrepreneurship and recognizes how important technological development is to creating new products and successful start up companies. He has been attracted to RPI because of the possible incorporation of technology/science curriculum into the business curriculum. We are interested in trying to ascertain whether this is something that RPI is actually doing.
RPI also offers dual majors in biz mgmt and another tech major like engineering or compsci https://lallyschool.rpi.edu/combined-degrees
Thanks very much. Are you studying at RPI or did you attend previously?
No, my D is presently enrolled there
Thank you. Is she studying business and, if so, is it meeting her expectations?