<p>If your ultimate goal is to get an MBA, is getting a BBA redundant?</p>
<p>Also, would it be more beneficial to get a liberal arts degree (major in possibly econ, poli sci, communications, etc) which allows you to broaden your horizons and then get an MBA? </p>
<p>Does getting a BBA right out of high school limit your options later or teach you the same skils you could learn later during an MBA?</p>
<p>Typically, most colleges require their BBA students to take liberal arts courses in addition to the business/management courses pertaining to their major in Business Administration.</p>
<p>Getting a liberal arts degree won’t decrease your chances of getting an MBA. However, depending on what you want to do, your job opportunities can be reduced.</p>
<p>I would actually say that the more you know going into the program, the better off you would be. You will be able to contribute more, be more respected by your peers, and have experiences that are more easily leveraged when searching for your post-graduate job.</p>
<p>However, I think you are making a mistake if you think an MBA’s background is simply his undergrad major. On average, MBA students have been out of undergrad for 4 to 5 years. Undergrad is generally a distant past for them. Is there really a big difference between an engineer and a business grad that have each done project management for the last 3 years? A liberal arts grad that has worked in finance for the past 5 years is going to know a hell of a lot more about finance than a recent finance grad.</p>
<p>If you want to major in liberal arts in undergrad, that is fine as long as you will be marketable to employers when you graduate. On the flip side, if you want to major in business in undergrad, that will not prevent you from getting an MBA from a top school in the future.</p>