Areté: Liberal Arts & Business
Clarkson's Areté program fuses practical preparation in business and the traditional subject matter of a liberal arts degree – a unique double major combining leadership skills and humanistic insights needed in the emerging world of global business.
Areté is an ancient Greek work describing the quest for socially-valued individual excellence. It captures the spirit of tomorrow's leaders. Areté students are leaders. They look beyond traditional paths and approaches. And, Areté defies convention: two majors, two advisors, specially designed courses offered in a close-knit learning community.
The typical Areté student:
- Is personally outgoing
- Makes a connection between school & life
- Doesn't watch a lot of television
- Likes athletics: individual & team
- Does not necessarily like math
- Follows artistic pursuits for personal enjoyment
- Is interested in other people
- Participates in extracurricular activities
- Seeks opportunities for leadership
- Is ambitious for success but not selfish
- Engages in community service
- Reads more than average
- Is involved with student government
- Enjoys teamwork & group projects
- Has a good imagination & open mind
Areté students help create modules and seminars integrating the elements of both the business and liberal arts programs. Recent modules have included the following.
- Industrial neighbors: leadership through experience
- Management and ethics
- Management in America: ideologies at work
- Portrait of Japan: success in business
- Valuing the Earth: economics, ecology, and ethics
The Areté student group also develops activities, runs seminars, and conducts special classes through teamwork, discussion, and planning.
The most common Areté double major combinations are
- International Business + History or Sociology
- Business and Technology Management + Political Science or History
- Entrepreneurship + Interdisciplinary Humanities (Literature)
