<p>I am very interested in applying to the Wharton School/ Huntsman Program and I was wondering whether if any existing Penn Students could tell me a bit about the curriculum structure (course requirements, flexibility, philosophy etc.) for both Wharton and Penn in general? Many Thanks!</p>
<p>I suggest that you thoroughly investigate these two web sites, and then come back here with any specific unanswered questions:</p>
<p>[The</a> Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business](<a href=“http://huntsman.upenn.edu/main/Home.html]The”>The Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business - The Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business)</p>
<p>[The</a> Wharton Undergraduate Program | The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania](<a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/]The”>Wharton Undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania)</p>
<p>The Huntsman curriculum involves both the Wharton core requirements and the CAS sector and foundational requirements. The Wharton part of the requirements consists of the following courses: 2 management courses (100 & 101), 2 finance courses (100 & 101), 2 stat courses (101-102 or 430-431), 2 accounting courses (101 &102), marketing 101, OPIM 101, math 104, econ 010 and BPUB 250. In addition, you’ll have to take 4 courses in whatever business field you like to obtain a Wharton concentration. On the college side, you need to fulfill the 7 sector requirements and 5 foundational approaches. All the foundational requirements (except writing) are easily fulfilled while taking other requirements, so you don’t have to take any extra courses. Of the sector requirements, you can fulfill 2 of the requirements without taking any extra courses (depends on whether you take econ 010 or waive it). Finally, there are the international studies requirements: 4 advanced language courses, 3 area studies (taken when you study abroad), 3 international studies courses (one of them is history 107, which fulfills 3 requirements at once), 3 international business courses (can double count with the Wharton concentration) and a senior thesis. </p>
<p>To summarize the preceding paragraph, you need to take about 35 courses to fulfill all requirements. If you plan to take an average of 5.5 courses a semester, you can take 9 courses of whatever you want (enough to get an additional Wharton concentration with a college minor, if you can get stuff to double count). In my opinion, that’s very flexible for a dual-degree program. </p>
<p>To show you the power of double counting, I present to you the following case. Assume a math nerd starts the calculus curriculum at math 240 (he has Calc bc credit and decided to skip math 114). If he passes math 240, he’ll have credit for math 104, math 114 and math 240. Then, while fulfilling the Wharton requirements, he decides to take stat 430 and 431, which count as math courses as far as the math minor is concerned. Finally, he uses some econ course he took to count as his math cognate. To obtain a minor in math, he has to take only one additional math course!</p>
<p>Is “take an average of 5.5 courses a semester” common?</p>
<p>“To obtain a minor in math, he has to take only one additional math course!”</p>
<p>In that case, how about a major in math instead, 5 more courses?</p>
<p>@benzua
If you want me to get in great detail, yes, it can be 5 additional courses over the minor. Here’s the whole deal in detail:</p>
<p>The core calculus requirements: math 104, 114 and 240 (all part of the minor).
Advanced Calculus: math 241 (first additional course over the minor).
Algebra requirement: math 370 and 371 or math 502 and 503 (the additional course for the math minor must be math 370 or 502. Second additional course).
Seminar: math 202 or math 203 (third additional course).
Analysis: math 360 and 361 (fourth and fifth additional courses).
Electives and cognates: stat 430 and 431 with 2 cognate courses (you can count 2 cognates because, as a Huntsman student, you already have another major: international studies).</p>
<p>In short, you can get a math major by taking 5 additional courses over the minor. The total number of additional courses outside of the requirements is 6. However, remember that I assumed the math nerd started at math 240. Most students start at 104 or 114. Moreover, I assumed the student already has another college major. I just used that example to display the rather surprising flexibility the Huntsman Program has. Finally, math is a pretty easy subject to minor in because you can get a lot of courses to double count; other minors aren’t that convenient.</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen, 5.5 credit units a semester is fairly average for dual-degree students. My brother, a Wharton alumnus, took about 6 courses every semester, and he didn’t find the workload to be overwhelming. However, the difficulty of the courses one takes must be taken into consideration.</p>