al6200

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School BS Business Baltimore Columbia MD Montgomery County

Does anyone know what JHU's long term vision is for this program? Honestly I find it a bit odd that JHU is offering an undergraduate program off of the homewood campus with a separate admissions process from the normal Whiting/Krieger admissions. Do they eventually want to offer a business major at Homewood? Do they want to expand the Carey undergrad into a full 4-year undergraduate program in the inner harbor?

BlueJayBJ

They will not. I've heard from administrators carey will be a strictly graduate school. If you want an undergrad ba in business don't apply to jhu.

bonanza

FYi, the undergraduate business program predated Carey (it was part of it's predecessor school, the School of Professional Education in Business and Education). It never admitted freshmen; it was designed for adults who started but never finished college. With the advent of Carey, it was continued to allow students in the program to complete it but it clearly is not part of Carey's future vision.

whatthaaa

Hello, I am a current student at the carey business school undergraduate program. I can answer a lot of your questions. First of all the program is fairly small as it started in 2007(maybe 200 students and hopefully growing). I have seen a good mix of students ranging from 21-30 years old. I myself am 21 years old straight from a community college. I am a full time student. I have met with the "soon to be gone" dean yash gupta and he told me that the plan for the undergraduate program is to grow. Of course, he is leaving at the end of this month but that should only be for the better. The full time professors are excellent and they also teach the Global MBA probram. The part time professors are not as good. Faculty anticipate that the school will be AASCB accredited by the end of next year (hopefully it is true). I think that the undergraduate program will grow only if more students keep applying. Maybe they don't do a good job of marketing it. It is clear that their main focus is on the global MBA but the success of that program could only help bring the rest of the school up. Feel free to ask any other questions

whatthaaa

Also forgot to mention, the President of Hopkins sent out a letter informing us of Gupta's resignation. He mentioned that the next Dean will focus on Carey's growth. I take that as a good sign.

al6200

If they do expand the Carey undergrad, than I feel like it would be really weird, since I usually associate JHU's undergrad with the Homewood campus.

I think that a business major at Homewood would be a decent idea, but a lot of people think that business is too "vocational". Most of the schools ranked around Hopkins don't have business majors.

whatthaaa

Yes it would be weird. I think that once the new Dean comes in after this month we will have a better picture of their plans for the future. Hopefully this program becomes accredited soon (as they say) at least before I graduate and apply for an MBA program. It is really true what they say about the brand name (my job loves it). I just can't see this school failing with the huge Hopkins brand behind it. But to be honest we will not see Carey be a big name business school for at least 10 years from now. They hired research faculty from harvard and wharton recently. But it's still way too early we'll have to wait and see.

whatthaaa

Hello all.

It seems that the Carey undergrad program is growing. There is a full time program starting in Washington DC this Fall. If you have more info please add.

CareyUGadmission

The undergraduate B.S. in Business program is growing. There are two distinct programs being offered beginning this fall. Applicants must make a choice between the two programs.

The full-time program in Washington, DC begins this fall. Classes will be offered at the Massachusetts Avenue campus during the day in a 16 week semester format. This program will offer a more traditional undergraduate experience with a younger student population. Prospective students will be required to complete the equivalent of 60 semester hours including specific business preparation courses prior to transferring to Carey. Students being admitted to the program are among the top students at their current college or university. The students entering this fall are transferring from four year institutions as well as community colleges. Students are admitted to this program in fall only.

In addition, Carey will continue to offer an evening program at the Columbia campus. This program is primarily a part-time program. The evening program at Columbia is designed for those students who are balancing work and school; those who can only attend part-time; or cannot attend classes during the day. The students in this program are slightly older with a wider age range and most have some work experience. The format of the program in Columbia is structured with classes that are ten weeks long so students can balance that with their professional careers. Students in the evening program typically take between 1 and 3 classes per ten week session. As with the full-time program, students are required to complete the equivalent of 60 semester hours prior to transfer including specific business prerequisites. This program has both fall and spring admissions.

For additional information about either program, please contact us. We can be reached by email at carey.ug@jhu.edu.

dotori

you only mentioned two campuses, what about the baltimore campus? I recently signed up for JHU- Carey's account and it asked me to pick between baltimore, DC and columbia. Is the baltimore campus part-time or full time? Do you know which campus is the "main" business, full-time campus that will allow a student to have access to the most amount of facilities?

Additionally, do you know if a student is allowed to take classes at the JHU's actual campus? From Google maps, i noticed that the baltimore campus is only 10 minutes away from the JHU's main campus. I'm considering to pursue a double major in neuropsychology and business. So in this regard, I'd love to take classes on both campuses.

Lastly, do you know their policies for tansfers? You stated that students needs "60 semester hours" in order to apply, but usually transfer applications begin freshmen/sophomore year and the students get in sophomore/junior year. Assuming this is true (and that the student did not take any extra summer classes) a student would have an average of 14-17 credits per semester, thus, by end of sophomore year, they would be able to apply at 68 credits, but a freshmen would not be able to apply. (Unless the freshmen has enough AP credits to off set these credit hours). Is this true? Can freshmen transfers not apply to the Carey school of business unless they take an enormously large amount of credit hours in their first year to fulfill the 60 credits required?

And in case you were wondering, I am an undergraduate student so all the questions above are in respect as a undergraduate.

dotori

bump. does anyone know any further information regarding the undergraudate class of 2016 at carey?