<p>What are some of the common co-ops that economics majors partake in? I'm applying to Northeastern as a semi safety school, but that doesn't mean I don't love the campus and the school. I'm interested in a career in ibanking or consulting, so particularly i was wondering about co-ops in those professions. And past that, how do co-ops of finance majors compare with economics or economics/math majors? Thanks.</p>
<p>if youre looking to study economics you are better off looking at Boston University like 24th in the country in economics and is in the same range as northeasterne</p>
<p>Econ majors typically do internships at the federal reserve in New York or Boston and also IMF and World Bank. They also interview for finance positions as well. Northeastern does have ibanking and private equity coops but they are reserved for 2nd or 3rd year coops and typically are offered to students who are at the top of the class. I am international business and this is what my friends and coop advisor have told me. Just a few off the top of my head UBS, ML, American Capital, Jefferies and a couple other firms offer ibanking and typically only offer one or two spots. Im not too sure about consulting though, although BCG, Bain do recruit for coop. You could also use alumni for internships.</p>
<p>If you are doing math and econ those coops would be more inclined to look at quantitative roles such as trading. Pioneer investments, Blackrock, MFS, GMO, Wellington, and Bulge brackets offer quantitative roles usually regarding portfolio risk. The coop office has a big binder about the size of two sat books which lists coops only for business in alphabetical order by companies that you can take a look at. I spent like two hours doing research on this.</p>
<p>Thanks alot. I’m trying to decide between applying to the business school for finance and the CAS for economics. Do you know if you can still take finance classes if you aren’t in the business school? Personally, I would rather be taking eco/math classes than going into the b-school and having to take accounting, genral management, and information systems classes. But, I don’t want to miss out on any finance co-ops. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>It is very difficult (although not impossible) to switch from CAS to CBA, because of how popular CBA is during internal transfer. Also, in CAS, you can only take the intro accounting class and an intro finance class. Nearly all the classes in CBA are for business only students. On the other hand, I don’t believe students in CBA have much room in their schedule to take extra math and economics classes, other than the required Calc 1/2 and macro/microeconomics, because of the amount of classes they have to take for business that you typically don’t get credit for in high school. I may be wrong though, since I’m an econ major, not a finance one.</p>
<p>I do however agree with what you say. I was changing my major after my first semester, and I was trying to decide between economics and finance. I obviously choose the former, due to the fact that I didn’t want a business degree. If neu offered a finance degree (instead of a business degree with four extra finance classes), I probably would have done finance instead.</p>
<p>How have you liked economics at NEU? Have you done any co-ops yet? And yeah, I mean I’d rather pursue advanced economic classes or maybe minor or dual major in math than be stuck in a management class.</p>
<p>I haven’t been econ for long, and I’m taking my co-op class this fall. It seems okay, although the department seems a little… unorganized. The website is totally wrong about a bunch of info like who your advisor is and I got the impression that the head advisor only read the first two sentences of my emails when I sent him questions, because he never really responded fully. The professors I’ve had so far though were really great and they really knew their stuff. They were a bit tough on grading (my macro class, for instance, had a lower curve-- average of the class was made a C-- than my organic chemistry class-- B/B+), but they seemed fair. Obviously depends on who you get. I’ve liked it so far, and my main concern this semester is going to be trying to get more involved in the department. I switched from the chemistry department, which had a really active student group and I was on a first name basis with the department chair, and the economics department doesn’t seem nearly as organized, but we’ll see.</p>
<p>All schools that have undergrad business offer only business degrees. You can concentrate or major in a particular field within business such as Accounting, Finance, Marketing etc. I am trying to dual in International Business concentration in finance along with Political Science. This is definitely going to be a challenge for me becuase i have to spend a year in France (my language choice). Even with the language/cultural work shops i will still be able to fit in political science I just need to overload during the summer sessions so I think its doable. </p>
<p>You can minor as well for CBA. I posted the link below.
[Northeastern</a> College of Business Administration](<a href=“http://www.cba.neu.edu/ugrad/index.cfm?page=672&nav=33]Northeastern”>http://www.cba.neu.edu/ugrad/index.cfm?page=672&nav=33)</p>
<p>*The one thing that gets me a little upset about CBA is that I can’t take Turn Around Managmenet and other interesting courses because im not “Honors”. Oh and I also found a coop that one of the firm offers and posted it below. </p>
<p><a href=“Investment Banking - Credit Suisse”>https://www.credit-suisse.com/investment_banking/equities/en/university_recruiting.jsp</a></p>
<p>Hmm, I didn’t realize there was a business minor. So that combined with an economics major could be an alternative to the business major with finance as a concentration. Not sure if you would know, but do you think it’d be possible to have an economics major with both a math and business minor?</p>
<p>I think its doable. The only downside to the business minor is the courses that you are limited to. You can’t take any of the fun classes such as valuation & value creation, fixed income, equity investments etc. If you are looking to do Ibanking its essential that you have a strong command in accounting (managerial & financial) in addition to corporate finance. I think these courses are a must. I heard financial economics is a very tough course thats useful as well.</p>
<p>Thanks, I perused that link and the opportunity sounds great. So I guess my question would be is that co-op open to eco majors as well as business majors?</p>
<p>You can totally have two minors. I’m econ with math and international affairs minors. It just takes a little planning ahead. You can’t take bogus pointless classes for two years and then realize you want two minors.</p>
<p>Econ with math, that’s something I’m strongly considering for NEU. How do you like the math courses?</p>
<p>I am looking at Math as a major at Northeastern as well. I had the opportunity to meet with some of the faculty earlier this year. Everyone is VERY distinguished with impressive PHd’s </p>
<p>[Department</a> of Mathematics Faculty](<a href=“http://www.math.neu.edu/people/faculty.html]Department”>http://www.math.neu.edu/people/faculty.html)</p>
<p>Also the good students get to participate in research that is presented at the joint mathematics colloquium. </p>
<p>[Joint</a> Mathematics Colloquium](<a href=“http://www.math.neu.edu/colloquium.html]Joint”>http://www.math.neu.edu/colloquium.html) </p>
<p>I am looking into the honors program. You should schedule a meeting with one of the teachers they tell you a lot about the progam & opportunities.</p>