<p>Hi - can anyone tell me about the management major? I believe it was recently renamed Organization and Mgmt Studies. Just wondering - is it a popular major? Is it perceived to be very demanding or less rigorous? How are the professors? If you have chosen this major, are you happy with it? Any info appreciated.</p>
<p>Management is/was probably the most popular major at Gettysburg in recent years and that’s probably why it was revamped into Organization and Management Studies (rather than a trade-school management major) to bring it back into the liberal arts.</p>
<p>The popularity ought to be a clue as to “demanding or less rigorous,” and the professors…</p>
<p>What I hear anyway. ;)</p>
<p>– Chuck</p>
<p>We actually had a very nice visit at Gettysburg today - very impressed. They have also recently added a business minor. None of the tour guides today were mgmt majors, however, so I’m still interested in hearing from any students actually in the program as to what they think of it. Thanks.</p>
<p>My daughter will be a senior in the fall, but (alas) none of her buddies are in that field. (She still wants to be a college professor like her Mom.)</p>
<p>I’ve met a couple of the professors and know of one popular professor who was a highly successful executive in a Fortune 100 company for several years, so there are business contacts from him and others. The college has a strong internship program with businesses on the eastern seaboard as well.</p>
<p>The emphasis at Gettysburg still remains a liberal arts education, something I’m convinced is valuable enough to invest a bunch of my money in. </p>
<p>The small residential college experience has been good for her. Supportive faculty and administration. Hardly unique, of course, at top tier colleges but Gettysburg was, and remains, her first choice.</p>
<p>There’s usually a prospective student weekend in the fall. This includes financial information for parents as well as an academic and social overview. </p>
<p>Early decision remains the best way to gain access to the college of choice. The way it was explained to me, and the way I’ve seen it operate at several colleges is the Early Decision applicants are only evaluated to the “Will they succeed here?” criteria. A yes or no decision. If they can do the work they’re accepted. Regular decision applicants compete for “best qualified of those who can succeed here” criteria to fill a smaller pool of available class vacancies. </p>
<p>Gettysburg gets about 500 early decision applicants during the typical year and accepts/enrolls over 60% of them. Regular decision acceptance is about 40% (of the remaining pool) and enrolls less than 20% of that number. This year there were no wait-list candidates enrolled (so far). </p>
<p>[Class</a> of 2013 profile.](<a href=“http://www.gettysburg.edu/admissions/class_profile/]Class”>Class Profile - Gettysburg.edu)</p>
<p>– Chuck</p>
<p>That was very helpful - thank you. I agree with you that if Gettysburg was the number one choice ED would be the way to go - but is also a risk to apply ED to such an expensive school if FA will be a factor. We liked what we saw - S2 is only a rising junior so we still have lots of colleges to visit - I’m particularly interested in visiting Susquehanna and Muhlenberg and then comparing the 3 of them.</p>
<p>Mgt is no longer a major at G’burg. As you mentioned, they created a minor in the field but, simultaneously, eliminated it as a major. Econ is a rigorous dept and, I believe, well thought of. If you liked G’Burg, try Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall as peers.
I don’t believe any of these schools offer a major in business, however.</p>
<p>BrainCramp - here’s the info from the website:</p>
<p>"The Department of Management offers a major in Organization and Management Studies (OMS) and a minor in Business, which integrate the study of these important fields into the liberal arts and sciences.</p>
<p>The OMS major explores organizations, how they behave within the context of societal issues, how people in those organizations behave, and how those organizations are managed. Students gain a strong foundation in organization theory and behavior, statistics, research methods, and systems thinking."</p>
<p>Sorry, my son advised that there was no longer a business major as of last year, only a minor.</p>
<p>Hi - no problem. I actually think the description of the major sounds very interesting - more than just stats/economics etc.</p>