In addition to the more commonly studied European languages such as French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, Drew offers courses in Arabic and Chinese and in Asian and Middle East culture and history, which are increasingly important in today's economy. However, the business management minor is available to all students regardless of their majors. Virtually any of Drew's 28 majors can serve as strong preparation for a career in business. The Wall Street Semester Drew students have the opportunity to experience first-hand the inner workings of the marketplace through Drew's unique Wall Street Semester, which is offered every spring. This innovative program helps students to gain a thorough understanding of financial markets and institutions.
Students spend two days a week in New York City, accompanied by the program's faculty director.
Throughout the semester, prominent business executives, government officials, and noted economists share their knowledge of Wall Street and the U.S. economy in seminar presentations and on-site at places such as the New York Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The program is designed for liberal arts graduates who seek to pursue professional studies in accounting, full time, at the graduate level. In 1984, Drew's College of Liberal Arts became the first liberal arts college in the country to provide incoming students with a computer package that is paid for entirely through tuition over the course of three to four years and is owned by the student upon graduation. Today, all students, faculty, and staff members are linked to each other through a campus-wide fiber optic network. Drew's network provides its users with access to application software, online data resources, file sharing, and device sharing.