<p>I wanted to major in Economics, does it matter where you get your undergrad Economics degree from if you don't plan on going to grad school? If so, would a B.A. in Economics from San Diego State University or a B.S.B.A. in Business Economics from the University of Arizona be better? I want to work for a company like Google, Microsoft, or Apple.</p>
<p>…study computer science.</p>
<p>as far as econ, yes it matters…alot…A WHOLE LOT…</p>
<p>Here is the deal. If you study econ, it better be at a top school. Outside of the top programs, most schools have business programs. If you love econ, fine, but if you want to work in business, study finance. Typically, econ programs are not housed in the business schools. This is a disadvantage when recruiting comes. Econ also is broken down into a BA and a BS. The BS is much more relevant when it comes to working. Econ tends to be more theoretical than finance which also hurts it.</p>
<p>It really does depend on your goals though. Like right now I’m deciding between getting a business degree and then a masters in supply chain from utdallas, or doing a double major in economics and math along with a computer science minor, and then applying to grad schools for a masters in operations research. In a case like that I would suspect that many would argue the economics option would be best because a masters in ops research leads to much better entry level pay than supply chain (65k vs 50k).</p>
<p>The point is that you should come up with a long-term career goal and choose your makor based off that.</p>
<p>OP wants to work at a tech firm. Ops and IT are the best business related concentrations but he’ll get killed in recruiting without a hard tech slant to his classes e.g. NOT ECON.</p>
<p>The Business Economics degree at UA is in the Eller College of Management, which is ranked in the top 20 public business schools. Plus it’s a B.S.B.A. Would that help me, or is economics just not very desired by employers? Would it make no difference if I got the same degree from SDSU? I don’t plan on getting any further education past bachelor’s.
Also, I’m not talking about developing tech products or anything like that, I just want to do business in that kind of environment (new, exciting technologies). Would that require a minor in computer science or something?</p>
<p>Contact the schools to see which, if any, tech companies recruit there for economics majors.</p>