<p>I thought I recall reading something about Vandy having some type of business program ( mgt. program ) but can't find it under "majors"..</p>
<p>Search for "HOD" or "human and organizational development" in this forum. There was a topic about it as Vandy's "business alternative" major probably 3 weeks ago that I found really helpful!
Mal :)</p>
<p>What you're thinking of is "managerial studies." Students can minor (but not major --- there is no business major) in corporate strategy, leadership and organization, or financial economics.</p>
<p>See here: <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/managerial_studies/home%5B/url%5D">http://www.vanderbilt.edu/managerial_studies/home</a></p>
<p>Many people who are interested in business will major in Economics and minor in Managerial Studies.</p>
<p>Vandy also has a 5 year MBA program, which is what i plan on doing (i m an entering freshman), although Vandy's business school doesn't have the greatest rank....</p>
<p>Owen has been well regarded in the Business Week rankings for MBA programs over the last few years.</p>
<p>That may be true but it was ranked # 34 in US News this year....
But whatever, it's not like i really have any other options for a 5 year MBA right now</p>
<p>Just to respond to this, if you're interested in business and looking at Vandy, check out Econ and Managerial Studies (A&S), and HOD (Peabody). And like Alex mentioned, the 5-year program with MBA is another route too. </p>
<p>From what I hear, business schools are becoming like law schools years back in that they're preferring to see their applicants not coming out of undergrad with a business major because when they get to b-school, many go in thinking it'll be a breeze and are set in the ways they've learned to do things at their various undergrad programs. This is the same thing that happened with law schools when there used to be "pre-law" majors at many schools. Law schools were frowning upon the pre-law major because those students came in with a fixed train of thought on how to process law material.</p>
<p>I think it's pretty stupid that lawyers and people with mba's have to waste 4 years studying random crap though. Like why is it that for example, engineers can go straight to learning what they need to know, whereas lawyers and businessmen have to pick like a random major n take a bunch of other classes they dont need?</p>
<p>Alex, lawyers represent people in many areas and fields of business; in many types of daily social and emotional situations and involving facts relating to many different areas of life. To do it well often requires knowledge about or learning about many subject matters, walks of life, areas of interest, and psychology or sociology. And if you go into litigation, you may have to learn a brand new business or way of manufacturing something, technological or scientific area, and you have to learn it inside and out, so that you can understand it, sift through both sides' claims, and then be able to explain your client's version to a judge or jury. After the case, you forget most of it, and start cramming your head with the facts and knowledge about some other entirely different area.</p>
<p>Same for MBAs. They have to learn a lot of different types of areas, know psychology. In order to evaluate business plans, likelhood of success, marketing, business organizations likelihood of success etc etc.</p>
<p>The "random crap" you study in liberal arts undergraduate work not only comes up a lot in surprising ways later on, but even if it doesn't, the ability to learn, master and synthesize "random crap" and the skills you gained in doing that will be what will make you a success as a lawyer, MBA, and probably a clergy person as well.</p>