<p>hello everyone,</p>
<p>I hope you had a nice holiday season!</p>
<p>I had a couple questions regarding the undergraduate business program at UR.</p>
<li>Are there a lot of internship opportunities near the campus?</li>
<li>When can i start taking business classes?</li>
<li>How many ‘core’ classes do I need to take outside business curriculum?</li>
<li>How are job prospects after graduation?</li>
<li>How respected is UR in the financial world and on wall street?</li>
<li>Does UR offer entrepreneur classes?</li>
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<p>Thank you for your input,
-Glen Gill</p>
<p>Hi Glen,</p>
<p>While I'm not a business major and can't answer ALL your questions, I can volunteer some basic info to get you started. </p>
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<li><p>Seeing as UR is in the suburbs of a big city, yes, there are lots of internship opportunities. The "city" (you know, skyscrapers and whatnot) is only about 10-20 minutes away from campus, depending where you're going. Although it's further away (about 2 hours), DC is obviously abound with internship opportunities as well. Our CDC (career development center) can help you find and apply for whatever internship you want.</p></li>
<li><p>You can start taking business classes whenever your heart desires. Most students start with micro and macro, as those are <em>mostly</em> freshman classes to begin with, but still kinda hard to get into. Business classes are notoriously difficult to get into if you haven't declared a business major yet, so most people declare at the beginning of sophomore year so that they can get into all their classes.</p></li>
<li><p>UR's general education requirements are the following: CORE (a year-long literature class all freshmen are required to take), English 103 (this can be placed out of with a score in the high 600's on your Writing SAT), math, literature, visual & performing arts, science, social analysis (psych, sociology, etc), history, and a foreign language.</p></li>
<li><p>Again, I don't have much experience with this, but from what I've heard, they're very good.</p></li>
<li><p>We have one of the best undergrad business programs in the nation (rated top 25 by US Weekly), so I'm assuming we're respected, but I don't know for sure. Haha.</p></li>
<li><p>Management</a> Course Descriptions
Center</a> for Innovation & Entrepreneurship</p></li>
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<p>Sorry I'm not <em>too</em> knowledgeable on the subject, but I hope I helped! Overall, UR's undergrad business program is an awesome one.</p>
<p>Glen,</p>
<p>Within the past 10 years, UR has made a lot of inroads on the Street. A former Spider was very high at GS and made it a priority to recruit UR students. There are also a lot of networking opportunities via trips to meet with Spiders on the Street. It will be interesting to see how things shake out after the current collapse though, as I know a couple who have left their jobs (or been laid off). As the reputation of the B-school continues to catch up to the quality of the education, you'll find more and more opportunities on Wall St. </p>
<p>That said, there are also a lot of places in DC, Charlotte, or even Richmond that are great for finance. I graduated with an econ degree and got an IB job in Richmond for a boutique firm. A couple of my bosses bought their own broker dealer and took me with them, and now we're getting into private equity. </p>
<p>Job prospects for business school grads are very solid (perhaps not right now, but you don't have to worry about that for another 4/5 years). You can find alumni placement survey results at this link (University</a> of Richmond Career Development Center).</p>