<p>Can anyone comment on the Undergrad Business major as well as Political Economy Program at Tulane? Are the programs challenging with dynamic faculty? How attainable are internships within these departments, and, if anyone can speak first-hand as to employment opportunities or how well Tulane prepares you for grad school (other than already published statistics readily available on the web or from the college), that would be great! Thanks.</p>
<p>the business school is fairly strong. even though the university fell several spots in the new rankings the B school actually jumped up. the finance major is probably the strongest field. there is a financial analyst program called burkenroad reports in which students travel to different companies around the south and publish reports that are actually used by different financial companies. the program also offers some excellent job opportunities. then there is the darwin fenner fund, which is $1 million of the endowment that is set aside each year to be managed by the students. most of the kids that i know that majored in either finance or accounting work for large firms in manhattan or chicago.</p>
<p>S considered a Pol Econ major, but after his first class in the subject, changed his mind. That particular major apparently has a reputation for being quite challenging. But in this case, in a good way. Presumably very bright professors who are passionate about the field.</p>
<p>You'd better love Econ though, which my son found not to his liking.</p>
<p>Political Economy- Tulane has one of the top ranked programs in the nation for Political Economy. It's got its base in a number of different facets: Political Science, Economics, Business, International Development and Relations, History, Philosophy, and Mathematics. The major is challenging but rewarding, and is, as you can see, quite interdisciplinary. It's also got lots of great internship and research opportunities associated with it. It's all run through the Murphy Institute of Political Economy here at Tulane. You can check it out at <a href="http://www.murphy.tulane.edu/home/%5B/url%5D">http://www.murphy.tulane.edu/home/</a>. The institute creates some great leaders who have gone on to great jobs and graduate schools. </p>
<p>Business School- Tulane has a top-50 ranked undergraduate business program. It offers majors in Finance, Accounting, Managing Human and Social Capital, Consumer Behavior and Marketing, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Business Law a few other programs. The A.B. Freeman School of Business is well known for its numerous undergraduate research and internship programs such as the nationally recognized Burkenroad Reports, <a href="http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/burkenroad/%5B/url%5D">http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/burkenroad/</a>, where undergraduates plan financial books and investment reports in local businesses, The Darwin Fenner Fund, <a href="http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/news/081706_fenner_fund.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/news/081706_fenner_fund.htm</a> where undergraduates manage a large amount of the universities endowment (over $1 million!) and a number of other great programs. As a Freeman graduate, I felt I got a great, well rounded education that was broad reaching and prepared me quite well for the real world after college.</p>
<p>The business school is really quite good, especially the finance major.</p>
<p>The Murphy Institute and the Politcal Economy major have a good rep and the professors are passionate but I think it probably prepares you better for graduate or law school than for an actual job. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but if you need a job straight out of college to pay off your school loans the business school would probably be the way to go. There is actually a reasonable possibility that you will get a job that doesn't require you to wear a paper hat or work for starvation wages at some non-profit.</p>