Is Penn TOO Corporate?

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<p>The vast majority of Penn undergrads--over 6,000--are in the College of Arts and Sciences. And while economics is a popular major, so are English, history, psychology, etc., as well as the many interdisciplinary majors like Biological Basis of Behavior, Cognitive Science, and Visual Studies (Penn has long been a leader in interdisciplinary programs):</p>

<p><a href="http://www.college.upenn.edu/majors/depts.php#b%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.college.upenn.edu/majors/depts.php#b&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The liberal arts are very much alive and well at Penn, and are a MAJOR force on campus--in fact, quantitatively, THE major force. Even Wharton students take at least 1/3 of their courses outside of Wharton, and are encouraged to take up to 43% of their degree requirements in the arts & sciences:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/subPage.cfm?pageID=7%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/subPage.cfm?pageID=7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As mattwonder points out, there are many different types of students at Penn and, in absolute numbers, there are as many--and in several cases significantly MORE--liberal arts majors at Penn as as there are at any of the other Ivies.</p>