Econ major vs. business classes?

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<p>I am currently approximately six classes away from finishing an economics major, but I now realize that I am not that interested in the econ dept.'s upper division classes, which are mostly focused on gov't behavior and other not-so-applicable ideas.</p>

<p>I am thinking of not finishing my econ major and just taking classes at Wharton, but I am worried about losing the marketability of my double major (having just biochem as opposed to biochem + econ). </p>

<p>What do you think about this? Would you finish the major or take more classes at Wharton? Oh - and I can't just do a minor because I'm a transfer student.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>What are the upper division classes specifically? They may have less to do with "unapplicable government behaviour" than you realise.</p>

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<p>Stick with the econ...... That is my advice.
If you want more business classes, you will be a perfect candidate for a top MBA Im sure.</p>

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<p>Makes sense.
The upper division econ classes that I had considered are (I outlined the ones that are most business-related):
1. Econ235 - industrial organization
2. Econ234 - law and economics
3. Econ233 - labor economics
4. Econ236 – Healthcare economics
5. econ261 – topics in development
6. econ212 – game theory</p>

<p>I take it that the consensus is that I should finish an econ major, rather than just taking more business classes?</p>

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<p>i honestly think you should consider doing business classes in the near future. its good to learn about the economy but to get involved in it you have to know about businesses and money handling, and corporations… there’s a lot of stuff you learn in business that actually applies so i would recommend it</p>

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<p>Take industrial organization, law and economics, and game theory for sure. Those classes will be good. Are you sure there aren’t some finance related classes at Penn Econ?? That just puzzles me.</p>

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<p>Game theory is actually really interesting. I’m hoping to take a class on it even though I am not an econ major.</p>

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<p>If you want to do banking taking finance classes is a great idea (especially accounting). Nobody really cares about your other classes for recruiting as long as you have an analytical major.</p>

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<p>Take game theory and industrial organization for sure. As has been said, these are good. They are stricly micro so the focus is squarely on business in these.</p>

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<p>just got a notification about these responses today :slight_smile:
thanks for the help - i am graduating this year with econ / chemistry, and i’ve taken a bunch of good classes at wharton as well.</p>

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<p>definitely finish your major. Econ is never as applicable to investment banking as people think, but not finishing your major would be a huge waste</p>

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<p>Awped, I meant to say that I did finish my two majors (as well as many side classes in math and business). </p>

<p>Regarding investment banking, I will be working in a top bulge bracket next year, so things worked out well!</p>