Title: Integrating liberal arts into the finance curriculum: a suggested approach

Authors: David Zalewski

Addresses: School of Business, Providence College, Koffler Hall, Providence, RI 02918, USA

Abstract: Recent studies find that business school students would benefit from a further integration of traditional disciplines with the liberal arts. This paper outlines a suggested approach for accomplishing this in a finance capstone course, and reports the results from student assessments. The findings suggest that coursework aimed at developing critical thinking and communications ability can be designed in ways that complement standard business programmes.

Keywords: finance education; liberal arts; economic methodology; critical thinking; pluralist curriculum; finance curriculum; business schools; business education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPEE.2014.063511

International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2014 Vol.5 No.2, pp.197 - 209

Published online: 26 Jul 2014 *

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