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Letter to Guidance Counselors
Marymount Manhattan College
is a small liberal arts college located on the upper east side of Manhattan.
We are usually thought of as a New York City school although some may
know that we recruit nationally for our acclaimed dance and theater departments.
You may not know that our new 38-story dormitory houses about one-third of
our students.
This letter is meant to introduce
the Business Department at MMC. First, note what we are not, namely a
school of business. We are a division within a liberal arts college
in spirit as well as in fact. As such, the education we provide is in
the liberal arts. We believe in a focus on the fundamental intellectual
skills: abstraction, empirical investigation and the ability to communicate
ideas. We also stress the use of historical and social analysis to learn
about societies and philosophy, literature and psychology to learn about
individuals. We aim to produce lifelong learners.
We believe that this approach
is more appropriate for a business major than ever before. In the current
environment, no job stays the same for very long. Workers must continually
learn new skills and often new jobs. Being a lifelong learner is essential.
We are also small and our size
allows us to nurture students. Almost all classes have fewer than 20 students
and none are larger than 35. We have no large lecture sections. The full-time
faculty know all of the business majors. Our faculty includes many professionals
who have chosen to return to academic life. They use their many contacts
in their professions to facilitate the placement of students in internships,
which in New York City means placement in firms that are among the world
leaders in areas like finance, the arts, media, fashion and retailing.
It can also mean smaller institutions that are nonetheless unique like
the New York Food Museum or the Ocean Liner Museum. The department encourages
all majors to participate in at least one internship during their college
career.
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