<p>What exactly is this? Is this mostly math? How hard is it to double major? Is this a worthless undergrad degree to have?
Also, how hard would you rate this major.</p>
<p>*** kinda questions is this. I dont mean to insult, but its kinda common sense. I guess ill answar it. Yes for business major you need extensive math, basically high calculus(calc 3), and statistics, diff. equations/linear algebra. So basically math is a huge part for business majors, but i wouldnt say its mostly math. You also study, well business classes, and some econ. It differs from each business major. As for double major im not sure how hard it would be, but id assume pretty difficult. A business degree is not worthless at all. Its the most sought after degree right now, and if you are smart can get you very far.</p>
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Yes for business major you need extensive math, basically high calculus(calc 3), and statistics, diff. equations/linear algebra. So basically math is a huge part for business majors,
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<p>I wouldn't say that math is a 'huge' part for business majors, and I've certainly never heard of a business major needig differential equations or linear algebra. </p>
<p>For example, consider the curriculum at Wharton. The only math that is strictly required is first-semester calculus (Math 104). The business undergraduate major at Berkeley Haas similarly only requires one semester of calculus. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/schools.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/schools.html</a>
<a href="http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/ucb_prereq.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/ucb_prereq.html</a></p>
<p>Now, I am sure that there are some business students who actually do take diffeq and linear algebra. But they don't NEED to take it. </p>
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Its the most sought after degree right now,
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<p>I would argue that, at least from a salary standpoint, engineering/CS bachelor's degrees are more sought out than are business bachelor's degrees. After all, the former do get higher starting salaries, and salaries are a proxy for demand. </p>
<p>You can see below that while the Berkeley Haas business undergrads get pretty pretty well, the CS and EECS students get paid significantly more. </p>
<p>I think Calculus is a requirement at most colleges but that's it. Your courseload has a lot to do with your concentration. The average salary for Business Undergrad is ~55K (Top Schools). The worth depends on your career focus.</p>
<p>Actually Hass does only go to calc 1 but you also need statistics, but for UCLa you need calc 2, and others you do need diff equations. dont make a judgement off one school...</p>
<p>Well, this thread is obviously in the wrong forum but I'll bite.</p>
<p>I graduated with a triple major from an average public university. My majors were Management Information Systems, Marketing, and General Business. Math is not an important piece of majors such as management, marketing, or MIS. You do a lot of simple math in Accounting (not sure if it ever gets tough though). Finance has the toughest math, but it's still probably far easier than that of engineering majors.</p>
<p>I'd recommend choosing your major based on your interests. If you have no clue as to what you would like, then consider salary. However, even then you should think about the future and how salaries will be affected. Things can change on a dime. When I graduated, companies were pulling offers from students because the IT/consulting job market was so horrible. Previous to that people were getting tons of offers. I personally wouldn't get into IT. I know VPs at major IT consulting companies and while they are already doing some outsourcing, they have plans to do outsourcing on a much larger scale.</p>
<p>A major like Chemical Engineering, while tough, would be a great one. There is obviously a lot of money in oil and that won't change anytime soon. My brother had a 2.0 in CE and has made 6 figures every year since graduation because he got into chemical sales. His friend was marking six figures a year and only worked every other month (albeit, in venezuela, but not off-shore and prior to their political instability).</p>
<p>Although, I doubt there are too many football players majoring in Chemical Engineering.</p>
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My brother had a 2.0 in CE and has made 6 figures every year since graduation because he got into chemical sales
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<p>LMFAO such a lie... the average income for CE graduates do not exceed 60k. if you work for 5 years +, then 6 digit maybe possible, but striaght out from college? A load of Bull, but nice try though.</p>
<p>To answer the OP's question... Undergraduate Biz Major is perhaps one of the most worthless and useless major. Unless you are concentrating on Finance/Accounting field, you will literally not learn anything from biz major. Everything in business are common sense, and you don't need to major in business to do well. I recommend you major in Economics, because that actually teaches you to think, and it'll help you in long term.</p>
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LMFAO such a lie... the average income for CE graduates do not exceed 60k. if you work for 5 years +, then 6 digit maybe possible, but striaght out from college? A load of Bull, but nice try though.
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<p>Apparently you didn't understand me. He was in sales. In other words, he was paid a commission. His base salary coming out of college was around 40-50k, which I believe was around average for his class (graduated in '98 from A&M ..although, most of his friends graduated in 1996/1997..it took him 6 years due to taking classes over and doing a co-op). When he graduated he had his 30+ rejection letters taped to his wall. He ended up getting two offers in the same day though, and since all of his friends were already in the workforce, he knew what kind of job he would like and what he wouldn't like. Regardless, due to commissions he never made under 6 figures.</p>
<p>Most of his friends were/are making 6 figures too. Although I don't know how long it took them to make that much. </p>
<p>My brother retired at the age of 29 and traveled with his wife for the past 2+ years (she is a traveling nurse and would work 3 days a week, allowing 4 days to do the camping/skiing/sight-seeing that they like). However, his wife became pregnant so he applied for and got his old job back.</p>
<p>I guess you wouldn't believe me when I tell you that when he threatened to quit his job (to retire) they doubled his base salary for 6 months until he finally did quit (which gave them time to find his replacement). I guess you also wouldn't believe me that now that he is back in his original position (not the exact position he retired from..that was actually his 2nd position), he is making 25k more (base salary) than he was when he left that position(perhaps because he applied for the same position with the company's main competitor...or perhaps the market has improved..not sure exactly).</p>
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Undergraduate Biz Major is perhaps one of the most worthless and useless major. Unless you are concentrating on Finance/Accounting field, you will literally not learn anything from biz major. Everything in business are common sense, and you don't need to major in business to do well. I recommend you major in Economics, because that actually teaches you to think, and it'll help you in long term.
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<p>Economics isn't a worthless major? LoL. Sorry, I think my management information systems major gave me a lot more real world experience than an economics major would give someone. Regardless, most majors are worthless and I think it would be ill advised to pursue a major for any reason other than interest in the course subject. If one doesn't have interest in any subject, then he/she should make sure that he doesn't hate the subject. </p>
<p>My father forced one of my other brothers to get his BBA and MBA (my brother wanted to major in English). Now my brother has an MBA, dreadlocks down to the ground, and works at a camping goods store. He loves life, but my dad's plan for him didn't really work out. It would have been better for my brother and my dad if my dad had just allowed him to major in English.</p>