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Stocks for the Long Run | Jeremy Siegel. On Wharton’s Ripple Effect podcast, Professor Jeremy Siegel talks about his bestselling book and how investment strategies have changed over the years. Read on Knowledge at Wharton.
Wharton offers a broad slate of academic programs for every stage from the Global Youth Program to Executive Education. And with our focus on teaching excellence, Wharton creates transformative educational experiences for all our students. Undergraduate. Wharton Undergraduate Program (BS in Economics)
In 1881, American entrepreneur and industrialist Joseph Wharton established the world’s first collegiate school of business at the University of Pennsylvania — a radical idea that revolutionized both business practice and higher education.
The Wharton School awards Bachelor of Science in Economics undergraduate and graduate degrees with a school-specific economics major, with concentrations in over 18 disciplines in Wharton's academic departments. The degree is a general business degree focused on core business skills.
Combining the faculties of the departments of Real Estate and Business Economics & Public Policy, Wharton’s Applied Economics program leverages the breadth and depth of its faculty to prepare students for careers doing frontier theoretical and empirical research.
At Wharton, you will learn how to apply business methods and economic theory to real-world problems. We give you the opportunity to study arts and sciences, engineering, nursing, communications, education, government administration, law, social policy, and more — all as an undergrad.
As part of the Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton students choose a focused areas of study called a concentration. Because we have so many professors and departments, students can choose from over 18 concentrations, or they can work with a professor to create a unique concentration.
Your first year of study will be focused on introductory courses in economics, critical writing, and calculus, as well as Wharton 1010. As you progress, you will add breadth and depth to your degree as you follow your interests, choosing among 4,200 electives, from classes at Penn’s 11 other schools to MBA-level courses at Wharton.
Wharton MBA Classes, Courses & Curriculum. The Wharton MBA curriculum has a unique structure, offering rigor and flexibility. The intensive, cross-functional core curriculum provides business fundamentals and the leadership, communication and analytical skills that are critical to your success.
Wharton’s highly selective Ph.D. program in Applied Economics offers students many resources not available at other institutions, such as a 1:1 faculty to student ratio and an up-front guarantee of five years of funding with minimal teaching requirements.
