Which top level business schools include liberal arts in the curriculum?

[bmw1896]

<p>Recently, I spoke to a friend who graduated from Wharton who said she disliked the fact that they had her take similar business courses over and over. She got so bored that she switched majors for her MBA.</p>

<p>I'm looking for a top level business school, but want a school that will help me become a well-rounded student with knowledge in many areas.</p>

[Sam_Lee]

<p>Kellogg certificate supplements liberal arts education while offering graduate-level training in financial economics or managerial analytics.</p>

<p>[Certificate</a> Program for Undergraduates - Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Certificate.aspx]Certificate”>http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Certificate.aspx)</p>

<p>There are seven or eight pre-req courses in calculus, linear alegra, econometrics, intermediate stats, and intermeiate economics (one additional course in optimization for managerial analytics).</p>

[leanid]

<p>The Carroll School of Managment at Boston College requires its students to take a generous sprinkling of liberal arts courses along with the business curriculum. The aim is to turn out a well rounded graduates as opposed to one-dimesional automatons.</p>

<p>The liberal arts is a core value of the Jesuit ethos.</p>

[ucbalumnus]

<p>All undergraduates at MIT, including management majors, have to take a large number of liberal arts courses as part of MIT’s General Institute Requirements.</p>

<p>[MIT</a> Course Catalog: Undergraduate General Institute Requirements](<a href=“Welcome! < MIT”>Welcome! < MIT)
<a href=“http://mitsloan.mit.edu/undergrad/requirements.php[/url]”>http://mitsloan.mit.edu/undergrad/requirements.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[45_Percenter]

<p>Not quite sure what your friend was talking about, but Wharton has long prided itself on having an extensive liberal arts component in its undergraduate curriculum, taking full advantage of the numerous top-10 and top-20 liberal arts departments at Penn:</p>

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2. BUSINESS AND LIBERAL ARTS</p>

<p>As an undergrad, you can take classes in any of Penn’s undergraduate schools and in eight of Penn’s graduate schools. In fact, 40% of your classes will be taken at other Penn schools. Where else do undergrads get that kind of access at an Ivy League school?

5. FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM</p>

<p>At Wharton and Penn you have the flexibility to shape your own education. Forty percent of your coursework is outside of Wharton at the University, 23% of our students study abroad, 21% pursue minors, and over 30% graduate with more than one undergraduate degree from Penn. Even within Wharton, you have many courses and areas of study to choose from with 10 different departments and more than 20 concentrations.

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<p>[Top</a> 10 List | Wharton Undergraduate](<a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/why-wharton/top-10-list.cfm]Top”>http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/why-wharton/top-10-list.cfm)</p>

<p>Also, a survey of the Wharton Undergrad curriculum reveals that it does NOT make students “take similar business courses over and over”:</p>

<p>[Flexible</a> Curriculum | Wharton Undergraduate](<a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/academic-excellence/flexible-curriculum.cfm]Flexible”>http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/academic-excellence/flexible-curriculum.cfm)</p>

<p>Sounds like your friend either planned her own schedule of courses rather poorly, or doesn’t know what she’s talking about. On the other hand, you made reference to her pursuing an MBA and, indeed, an MBA program might seem somewhat redundant to the Wharton undergraduate program, as Wharton itself points out:</p>

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9. MORE OPTIONS LATER</p>

<p>With a rigorous business education, close to two-thirds of Wharton undergraduate alumni find that they never need to return to school for an MBA in order to advance their careers. And if you do decide to get an MBA, your undergraduate degree will put you ahead of the game.

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<p>[Top</a> 10 List | Wharton Undergraduate](<a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/why-wharton/top-10-list.cfm]Top”>http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/why-wharton/top-10-list.cfm)</p>

<p>As an undergraduate business program, however, it’s hard to beat Wharton for the breadth and depth of the program, including access to an amazing array of top liberal arts departments and courses.</p>