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What are some universities that have really good business programs?

What colleges, universities or other education institutions offer programs in Business Humanities?

  • What is the rationalization for such a program? What disciplines support it? What courses are offered? What sort of demand for the programs exists? What benefits are students seeking?

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    I believe that its most prominent at the graduate level.  I think universities have opted for unstructured vs. structured programs at the undergraduate level.  For instance, I know the University of Rochester, where I worked for a year has an almost entirely DIY degree program.  I didn't advise any students so that may be a stretch of how the program works.  I think there are various advantages and disadvantages of such a model--especially given that 18 year olds and even 21 year olds have no idea what business is like...and are lucky if they know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Further, I think the clarity of the teacher mission isn't always very clear.  And certainly, this generation of learning & transformations in terms of information and technology is certainly accelerating at a rapid pace. (ie information available doubles either every 18 months or 3 years--I think different people quote different stats but both are certainly mind-blowing from an educational perspective). Update: Here are two models of schools which are approaching this problem innovatively: 5 Year Program Model. Dukes Masters of Management Science: http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/other_programs/mms_foundations_of_business/ Summer Program Model. MBA Admissions consultant highlights 4 of these programs discussed in the Financial Times: "Stanford Graduate School of Business, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management and Berkeley Haas School of Business also offer summer business programs, and in Europe, IE Business School will offer the Bridge program on its Madrid campus through a partnership with Tuck next year."  The cost is 6k to 10k for the program. You can read more about the program here: http://www.stacyblackman.com/2010/06/16/summer-programs-bridge-biz-gap/ 4 Year Program Model. Penn State Model discusses below. Further Reflections/Learn More: This question got me thinking (after researching a bit for "business humanities",  "interdisciplinary degrees", "interdisciplinary degree programs", so I decided to ask this:. If you have any relevant input, that would be fantastic!

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Penn State offers a major degree program for undergrads called Business, Liberal Arts, and Science (http://bulletins.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/college_campus_details.cfm?id=4&program=blasc.htm). PSU's program offers some different concentration options called "modules" and claims proper selection of modules helps provide strong preparation for careers in business and government or for entry into graduate school. I suppose the appeal to students is that the degree itself allows for more time to focus on liberal arts classes that they find interesting while still having "business" on their diploma. Sometimes choosing a straight up business degree might not allow enough "wiggle room" to take more liberal arts classes that fulfill their personal interests or passions without incurring extra course costs involved if they were to choose a specific minor (or decided to double major).

Sam Coren

A lot of small liberal arts schools offer a minor in Humanities or an Honors program overlay (usually some variation on Western Civ Great Books curriculum). Realistically, if your business career requires a business degree, you're going to need an MBA at some point, so spending your undergraduate time as an Econ or History or English major so you've got bulletproof writing skills is valuable. (I know everyone thinks liberal arts majors are unemployed, but good GPA English majors from good schools have great track records in getting into law and business schools.) Disclosure, I'm a UCLA English major with a USC MBA (and my dad was an English major who then went to Wharton) so I've got some bias.

Susan E Lyon

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