Business in the Liberal Arts

Experiential Learning 

Experiential learning is a requirement of our business in the liberal arts major to provide you with an opportunity to understand the critical questions confronting business leaders. This can include an internship, a Community-Based Learning experience, or taking part in off-campus study.

The New York City Semester

The New York City Semester program will give you the chance to study, intern, and explore everything the Big Apple has to offer through your finance or non-profit & arts management academic concentration. Spend four full days each week gaining a deeper understanding of your selected field through an internship experience.

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Community-Based Learning

Community-based learning courses allow you to bring a business mindset to a good cause. You’ll apply what you’re learning in real-life situations, while also helping a local organization fulfill its mission.

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Preparing You for Thoughtful Leadership

We believe tomorrow’s business leaders should understand how organizations work and how people interact within them. That's why our major requires that you complete one course from three of the following four areas:

Social Responsibility

Great business leaders think beyond profit. Courses in this area help you consider how business decisions affect people, communities, and the environment. You’ll explore how to balance success with ethics, sustainability, and social good.

Social Context

Understanding society is key to understanding business. These courses explore how people learn, interact, and shape communities—both locally and globally—so you can see how business fits within the larger world.

Analytical Thinking

Innovation drives progress, but it also brings challenges. Courses in this area build your problem-solving and analytical skills, helping you weigh the costs and benefits of new ideas and make smart, evidence-based decisions.

Global Citizenship

Today’s business world is deeply connected. These courses introduce global cultures, economies, and political systems, preparing you to lead and collaborate in an international environment.

Internships

Gain real-world experience in a professional setting. Business in the liberal arts majors often find internships that combine their majors and areas of interests. Recent internship sites have included:

• Wells Fargo
• World of Change
• TD Ameritrade Institutional
• T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre
• Energy & Transit Engineering, Inc.
• Boston Red Sox

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Connect with Community

Among the 150+ clubs and organizations at St. Lawrence, you’ll find many that involve financial management, entrepreneurship, and fiscal policy, including: 

• Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Club
• Crown Royalties Investment Club
• Saints & Company
• Finance Club
• Women in Economics

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Alumni Network

There is no shortage of experts in the business and finance world who also identify as Laurentians. Our alumni network is the second-most influential source for recent graduate employment (only behind internships). Our Center for Career Excellence team offers incredible professional development programs and facilitate mentoring opportunities for students to network with successful St. Lawrence alumni who are leading businesses and organizations around the world.

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Outcomes

Our alumni make an impact as they take the lead on money management while lending their knowledge to keep St. Lawrence competitive in the higher ed landscape.  After graduation, Laurentians go on to make an impact on companies and communities around the world. 

With nearly endless ways to combine business with other areas of study, St. Lawrence alumni are doing exciting things in their communities and at companies such as: 

• Bank of America
• Brookings
• eBay
• Goldman Sachs
• Google
• IBM
• Tory Burch

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