<p>Does it matter? Will religious teachings come out in course curriculum? Will the environment be conservative?</p>
<p>The school I’m thinking about is Loyola University Chicago.</p>
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<p>The only time religion might come up is in an ethics class… Depends more on the profs. I attend a Catholic school and haven’t noticed anything unusual. Conservative environment? I would think most MBA courses would be somewhat conservative.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply! I’ve decided to apply and attend if its right for me. Chicago is an amazing place, and the program sounds like a good fit. I’ll take my chances with the religious leanings.</p>
<p>Besides, I LOVE cathedrals - maybe they have a nice ancient one on campus <3 !!</p>
<p>I went to a Catholic uni for my MBA, and I am not Catholic. I’d actually attended a secular MBA program first, then had to transfer when I moved, so I can tell you what I perceived to be the differences between them. </p>
<p>A university’s religion really doesn’t tend to be a part of its grad business programs, in most cases, but this can vary by uni - you should ask Loyola how it impacts. In general, at most Catholic unis, the way it impacts MBA programs isn’t that the religion itself is taught or discussed, but that the program is firmly based in ethics. In fact, this is one of the reasons why I chose to get my MBA from a Catholic uni - I wanted that emphasis on ethics. </p>
<p>The other difference I noted was that you actually <em>can</em> mention God in a classroom. Not that God will be mentioned, but God, and religion, can be mentioned and discussed in ways that I haven’t seen at secular universities. And it’s not that Catholicism is the focus - you can discuss how Islam impacts business, for example. There’s a freedom there, to discuss such issues, that I didn’t find at secular colleges. </p>
<p>Even at colleges where the majority of undergrad students are Catholic, their MBA programs tend to be less-so. There will be Catholics in the MBA program, but there will also be Jews, and Hindus, and Muslims, and atheists. </p>
<p>I think the only other thing I noticed that was different from a secular MBA program was that there were priests and nuns on campus. At first, that was a bit weird for me. I hadn’t met priests and nuns before that, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure how to act toward them. But they’re people, and if you treat them as such, that “OMG a priest” feeling wears off very quickly. :lol:</p>