Baldwin Wallace University

Date: Mar 19 2006
Major: Finance (This Major's Salary over time)
"Education with a personal touch." While I found B-W did live up to their slogan,(faculty was accessible and involved) I found that the school's majors were mostly old fasioned and a little too catering. Many of their majors have not been "updated" in years. One example of this is at B-W, the only difference between a marketing major and a finance major is 5 classes, or 15 credit hours. This can be attributed to the school being a slave to the liberal arts "business core" that all business majors must take, thus B-W lags behind more concentrated majors at other colleges. Moreover, finance and accounting majors are not even required to take basic calculus as part of their major. Anyone who understands how competitive top level graduate schools are in these majors will realize what a detriment this can be as most high level grad students from major universities have an extensive math background. I understand that B-W is trying to keep their retention rate high and integrating calculus into some of their business programs would make many students drop like birds on an electrical conductor, but perhaps those students would be more suited for a general business or business administration degree instead. This school is not doing finance, accounting, or economics majors any favors by withholding advanced courses. I would also like to see a few more "progressive" programs introduced into the curriculum; perhaps Actuarial Science, Nano-tech, or E-Commerce…I believe programs like this in Northern Ohio would really set B-W apart in this college condensed area…. On the positive side, most of the courses B-W has are taught quite well and the professors are very passionate and engaging, with solid backgrounds. The school would be best suited for someone that would like to stay in the region with a very basic entry level job after graduation.