Majors receive a firm grounding in the methods of analysis used in the disciplines of political science, history and economics. Students also are provided maximum flexibility to specialize in disciplines, issues and areas of the world of their own choosing. Urban Studies in the College at Penn offers students an opportunity to think and learn about cities in an informed, disciplined and integrated way. Majors take courses which introduce them to a variety of perspectives on the origins, development and nature of cities. The program stresses the application of theory to practice with an internship in which students work closely with community groups, public agencies nonprofit or private organizations.
Majors also gain competence in a discipline and in conducting research.
The College at Penn and the Graduate School of Education offer Elementary Education and the School of Engineering and Applied Science offers Materials Science and Engineering, Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer and Telecommunications Engineering . The Wharton School and the Annenberg School for Communication offer a dual concentration in Marketing and Communication that allows Wharton students who are concentrating in marketing the opportunity to strengthen their knowledge of communication theory and practice. It is not a profession you leave at the office, it is a way of living, one that constantly seeks to translate itself into form so as to influence the way others live, love and linger. The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds.