<p>Say you get a degree in Biology or Chemistry and want to work for a firm that does analytical research on something in those fields. Your eventual goal is to manage the other biologists/chemists that work at the firm. After a few years of doing the work you go back to school and get an MBA to help reach the desire of managing them. </p>
<p>This scenario plays out well for those that get a BS in computer science and an MBA. Would it work in the biology/ chemistry world?</p>
<p>I've asked this on the sciences board-- looking for some responses over here as well.</p>
<p>I think the need for people with a STEM (science tech eng math) degree plus having business skills is going to be a hot commodity for years to come.</p>
<p>I usually don’t like fast-track MBA programs, because MBAs aren’t really that helpful unless you have a few years of work-experience. </p>
<p>The Dean of my B-school majored in Bio and eventually got her MBA and worked her way up to VP at J&J, so a undergrad science degree + MBA is definitely a viable degree, but I guess it all really depends on how you want to get to the place that you’re trying to get to. What kind of career are you trying to shoot for?</p>
<p>You get the MBA later to manage the products, not managing the scientists/biologists.
In other words, you need to work in the field using your science degree so you know the products well. After an MBA degree, you can work in the same field, not in the labs, but in product management.</p>