<p>Would it be possible to do a Business and Economics major? Or way too hard?</p>
<p>I really like that post from a’ight and I’m completely on board to do an econ/math joint major instead of business, however the college I’m currently at has a very well respected undergraduate business school and as a result the econ dept does not get much attention. Should I just do business given the nature of the institution I’m at?</p>
<p>i was wondering the exact same thing as the poster above me: my school’s undergrad BBA program is in the top 10 and i really am 50-50 torn between majoring in economics or going the business route, does anyone have any intake?</p>
<p>Thats funny cause I’m almost on the same position lol only a little different. I’m def. majoring in economics, but im not so sure on my minor. I know I want to work in business, more especifically in management consulting. Idk if i should minor in math or business? I would think minoring in math would look better but im also interesed in some business classes, such as strategic management. I plan on getting an mba…but which minor would be better? Or is there a way I could double minor?</p>
<p>on the salary scale these two majors are not that far apart ppl ;)</p>
<p>I’m a Junior in an Honors Economics program at a top 20 University with a top 25 Economics program and a similarly ranked Business program. To be clear, my particular Economics program the Honors portion has more to do with GPA than a difference in classes.</p>
<p>I don’t know the correlation or if it is some sort of relation to the type of people who are drawn to a particular major, but I will tell you this. There is a lot of crossover between my program and the Business Administration program (I’m taking a Business Minor and the Business people also take a lot of Econ in our department, we share a specialized library blah blah blah) and I will tell you that the people whose interest is in Business Administration as opposed to Economics appear to be oriented differently. </p>
<p>I don’t want to seem as if I am biased, but the Bus majors aren’t as studious as a whole but their focus and their interests are in application and correlation to real world; as opposed to the Economics people whose interest seems to lie in the specific mechanism which drives the principles of Economics.</p>
<p>I almost went to Columbia (geographic and family reasons sadly prevented it) and they don’t offer a Business undergrad and when they told me why they didn’t do that, they said that it was because they felt that the study of business is best used as a “practitioner’s degree” and that the depth of knowledge at the undergraduate level should be focused on other things.</p>
<p>I would have to agree with XaviFM. The mindset of economics majors seems to be very different from business majors. I am an economics/math senior and most of the business majors I know only care about business applications. Topics like ‘utility theory’, something that fascinates me, doesn’t resonate well to my buad friends.</p>
<p>Generally, an economics major can do what a business major does, but not vice versa. Pair an economics curriculum with some introductory accounting and finance courses and you have a better major in my opinion.</p>
<p>My answer will be neither. lemme explain why</p>
<p>I did econ major undergrad in UC Berkeley too. But after I finish, I wish I did a technical/science/math major because Economics is very general. You have to go to PhD to really make it worth it. Unless, you’re planning on going to graduate school with your philosophy for Law or something like that. And if you are going to choose either business or econ, I really recommend you minor in Math. The decrease in GPA will be justifiable as math major average GPA will always tend to be lower, at Cal, it’s like 2.7. </p>
<p>However, if I were you, I would major in computer science. It is very possible to get into business with a computer science major. In fact, you’ll probably have a tenfold advantage over business majors for business roles. In today’s day and age, understanding technology is important because it is what drives almost everything. It is ok if you don’t want to code in the future. Just by being familiar with it, you’ll have more doors open to you.</p>
<p>Sources: </p>
<p><a href=“Six Reasons Why Studying Computer Science Is Worth It | HuffPost Impact”>HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost;
<p><a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings</a></p>
<p><a href=“https://www.careerdean.com/c/2/incoming-freshmen-if-know-want-have-career-business-it-wise-major-computer-science-also-learn-the-technical-side-or-stick-more-traditional-major-like-economics”>https://www.careerdean.com/c/2/incoming-freshmen-if-know-want-have-career-business-it-wise-major-computer-science-also-learn-the-technical-side-or-stick-more-traditional-major-like-economics</a></p>