A List of Top Penn Classes

As an underclassman, one of my favorite questions to juniors or seniors was “What are the best classes to take before I graduate from Penn?” After over three years of asking the same question to many students, here is a list of the best Penn classes to take before you leave University City (in no particular order):

Non-Wharton:

THAR 120 — Intro to Acting — Mary Scallen
PSYC 265 — Behavioral Econ & Psych — Joseph Dana
PSYC 070 — Psychology of Food — Paul Rozin
PHIL 001 — Introduction to Philosophy (seminar)
MED 589 — Meditation and Mindfulness
EAS 545 — Engineering Entrepreneurship I — Jeffrey Babin
EAS 546 — Engineering Entrepreneurship II — Jeffrey Babin
ANCH 353 — Rhetoric & the Community — Jeremey McInerney
CIS 192 — Python Programming (.5 cu)
CIS 110 — Introduction to Computer Science — Benedict Brown

Wharton:

MGMT 238 — Organizational Behavior — Adam Grant
MGMT 251 — Consulting to Growth Companies — Eric Siegel
MGMT 353 — Wharton Field Challenge
MKTG 211 — Consumer Behavior — Americus Reed
LGST 216 — Emerging Economies — Philip Nichols
OPIM 290 — Decision Processes
OPIM 321 — Intro to MGMT Science
OPIM 415 — Product Design — Karl Ulrich
LGST 227 — Literature of Success — Richard Shell
OPIM 469 — Information Strategies & Economics — Lorin Hitt
OPIM 210 — Management Information Systems — Eric Clemons (recommended before OPIM 469)
MGMT 235 — Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship — William Hamilton (primarily M&T class)
MKTG 230 — Digital Marketing and E-Commerce — David Bell
OPIM 314 — Enabling Technologies — Kartik Hosanagar
REAL 396 — Real Estate Entrepreneurship — Peter Linneman (.5 cu)
REAL 321 — Real Estate Development — Asuka Nakahara
FNCE 250 — Venture Capital & Private Equity — David Wessels
OPIM 240 — Gamification for Business — Kevin Werbach
MGMT 249 — Mergers & Acquisitions — Emilie Feldman
OPIM 220 — Production and Operations Management — Maria Rieders
OPIM 892 — Tech and Entrepreneurship in India — Kartik Hosanagar (GMC)
MGMT 291 — Negotiations — Steven Blum
MKTG 292 — Creativity — Rom Schrift
STAT 476 — Applied Probability Models — Peter Fader
MGMT 264 — Venture Capital & Entrepreneurial Management — Xu Han
MGMT 233 — Strategies and Practices of Family Business — William Alexander
OPIM 415 — Product Design — Karl Ulrich

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