I was just curious as to how the economics program is at Boston College. Would you say it is definitely one of the country’s best and an econ major from BC would give one great job opportunities? Also, could someone explain the difference between the econ major from CSOM and from AS?
Thank you
The CSOM version of Econ requires all of the business distributions as well. Here they are:
Each item lists the recommended year to take the course.
PRTO1000 Portico (first semester freshman year)
OPER1135 Business Statistics (freshman)
MATH1100 Calculus (freshman)
ISYS1021 Computers in Management (freshman or sophomore)
ECON1131 Principles of Microeconomics (freshman or sophomore)
ECON1132 Principles of Macroeconomics (freshman or sophomore)
ACCT1021 Financial Accounting (sophomore)
ACCT1022 Managerial Accounting (sophomore)
OPER2235 Math for Management Science (sophomore)
BSLW1021 Introduction to Law (sophomore or junior)
MGMT1021 Organizational Behavior (sophomore or junior)
OPER1021 Operations Management (junior)
MFIN1021 Basic Finance (junior)
MKTG1021 Principles of Marketing (junior)
MGMT3099 Strategic Management (Formerly called MD 099 Strategy and Policy) (senior)
One of the “country’s” best means the Ivies and tier ilk (Stanford+MIT…).
BC’s program is excellent and its reputation is similar to the College’s as a whole: mid-30’s nationally. Can you get great jobs from BC, absolutely, but will Harvard econ majors get first dibs, no doubt.
I think the business school is higher rated than the school as a whole due to many high-end schools not having business schools. I would say top 10 undergrad business.
For what it’s worth, the Carroll School is the #4 ranked undergraduate business school according to Bloomberg Businessweek. (“The only ranking that matters,” according to my son who is a Mendoza graduate. No, he’s not biased, no even one little bit.) http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-04-04/the-complete-ranking-best-undergraduate-business-schools-2014.
The Carroll School of Management is tougher to get into than the other colleges at Boston College. The overall university acceptance rate was 29% this year, but only 21% for Carroll.
So would you say I would be more successful getting an econ degree from csom instead of arts and sciences?
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No one can answer that. It entirely depends on you, your interests, aptitudes, and the opportunities you’re influenced by during your time in college.
Your success will depend on you and what you do at BC regardless of CSOM vs. A&S.
The thing I still don’t entirely understand is what the difference is
Dear Windhunde : Many courses in economics between CAS and CSOM cover the identical material. The substantial difference between the two will be the courses that are ultimately taken in addition to the economics offerings.
You will certainly want to consult the following resources.
CAS Economics Major : https://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/economics/undergraduate/Major-arts-sciences.html
CAS Offerings for CSOM : http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/economics/undergraduate/csom-students.html
CSOM Concentrations : https://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/undergraduate/academics/concentrations.html
CSOM Economics Concentration Brochure (PDF Format) : https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/schools/csom_sites/undergraduate/misc/Concentration%20Brochure%20-%20Economics.pdf
@Windhunde take a look at my first reply to your question. If it does not say ECON next to it, it is not a required class for Econ in the Arts and Science. Instead you take a foreign language, probably more humanities, and have more free electives to do a double-major.