I am definitely interested in majoring in business but not totally set on it and I really like Tufts as a whole, but it has no actual business major. Is there anything similar to a business major at Tufts or something that is a good alternative?
A traditional undergrad business degree would typically have you take classes in a variety of areas including Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Management, and Operations Management. Each of those may then be a concentration within that degree. Entrepreneurship is one of many specialized areas one can also focus on. What would you see yourself wanting to do with a business degree? What of those areas might be a focus? If you wanted a top-notch entrepreneurial degree then I’d say be sure to look at Babson, for example. For schools without business, economics is a common related area and I’m guess plenty of econ majors end up in consulting, etc… Looks like Tufts does offer a minor in Finance. Not sure what campus recruiting is like for internships or jobs, but an elite liberal arts college is going to produce wicked smart grads that any employer will be looking to hire. I don’t believe one needs specialist skills like how how the accounting works for a particular transaction; generalist skills like the ability to synthesize information, communicate, collaborate, etc. are far more important.
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Economics or Quantitative Economics major and Finance minor.
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There is an undergraduate minor in entrepreneurship offered by the graduate school of engineering management (the most popular minor at Tufts) and all the entrepreneurship center activities.
There is the finance minor
https://as.tufts.edu/economics/current-students/undergraduate-programs/minor-finance
and the Tufts financial group
There is an international economics track within iternational relations
For marketing and advertising there are “practice” courses in marketing as well as an internship that can be taken independently or as part of the media studies minor
https://as.tufts.edu/fms/courses/practice
There is a course on career planning offered through the ExCollege and there are often business related courses taught by students or business professionals
https://excollege.tufts.edu/current
As a part of the career center there is a community for business
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