Hi,
At Penn’s website it says ‘‘College of Arts and Sciences students may pursue interschool minors that draw on courses in Nursing, Wharton and Engineering.’’ but then further down it says ‘‘It is not possible to do a minor in the Wharton School.’’ This is the site: https://www.college.upenn.edu/node/2857
I am really confused. Are you or are you not allowed to take minors at Wharton?
Also, are minors the same as free electives?
You can take classes for your minor at Wharton but you can’t complete a Wharton minor
Haha sorry but I don’t understand. What’s the point of taking classes for my minor if I can’t complete it?
Here’s a list of the inter-school minors:
http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/academics/interdisciplinary-programs/inter-school-minors
I think the quotation you were looking at is saying that there are no Wharton-only minors (as compared to inter-school which is a minor that is comprised of courses in both CAS and Wharton). That quotation is actually wrong. There’s one minor in Wharton, which is in statistics. If interested, see: https://statistics.wharton.upenn.edu/programs/undergraduate/statistics-minor/
@WhartonPenn2017 Thank you!
The only Wharton minor available is statistics, I believe. The main reason is that Wharton “majors” for those in the school are only 4 credits (with 1-2 core requirement classes). A lot of non-Wharton people take classes in Wharton for some of the practical training it offers and use those credits to count towards electives in CAS/Engineering/Nursing.
You can take classes at Wharton to get credit for your minor/major, but you won’t get a “Wharton Degree” for your minor/major
Thank you guys!