Econ and Wharton Dual Degree

hazmat
Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:29:18 +0000

Wharton is a preprofessional business training school. You would be taking management, accounting etc. The College is a liberal arts discipline. Have you visited the degree requirements at each school? These are available online and easy to access.

Wharton::
General Education Requirement

A strong interdisciplinary base for critical thinking and problem solving through liberal arts.
3 Foundation: microeconomics, macroeconomics, and calculus
7 Liberal Arts: humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences
1 Writing Course
5 Electives
Foreign Language Requirement: Penn offers instruction in more than 100 languages.
Business Education Requirement

Introductory core and advanced courses in business:
1 Management 100: Teamwork and Leadership in Groups
9 Business Fundamentals: accounting, statistics, finance, management, marketing, operations and information management
4 Business Depth: four upper-level courses in one of 18 “concentrations”
3 Business Breadth: three upper-level courses in different disciplines outside their concentration
Environment of Business Requirement

Expands understanding of the societal, organizational and global context of business:
2 Societal Context: courses on business law, ethics and responsibility, or global practice
1 Organizational Context: course on industrial relations, human resource management, or risk management
3 Global Context: courses that focus on international content