<p>What is the difference between </p>
<p>WHARTON BS Economics </p>
<p>vs. </p>
<p>ROSS BA Business Administration?</p>
<p>I want to concentrate on management (not finance!). What is the difference, and which is more suitable for me?</p>
<p>I think Wharton has a lil more liberal arts than Ross but I may be completely wrong. Ross has grade inflation and I know I am right on that one.</p>
<p>Wharton probably has a better faculty and student body which brings out the best in you. Don't decide your major now! Take some introductory courses.</p>
<p>Wharton is hands down the better school for any major.</p>
<p>uh. not true. ross is better for management.</p>
<p>that was an idiotic reply.</p>
<p>what the difference for the type of degrees offered?</p>
<p>if you can get into eaither of them you're an absolute baller.</p>
<p>ross is definitely better for management, although the wharton name will take you to places you to want to go. good luck</p>
<p>Ross has grade inflation? Define what you mean by grade inflation. Sure it's difficult to do HORRID in a Ross class, but it is also extremely difficult to do WELL (relative to your peers, of course).</p>
<p>it could be relative. what you just said is a C curve. i know many schools that operate on at least a B curve or higher.</p>
<p>Question to the OP:</p>
<p>What is a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton Business school mean? </p>
<p>In other words, what do you mean when you write, "WHARTON BS Economics"?</p>
<p>Wharton actually offers a Economics major?</p>
<p>that is my original question. no one has answered it yet...</p>
<p>Difference between BS ECONOMICS vs. BA BUSINESS ADMIN</p>
<p>BS Econ simplified is: some micro/macroecon, then add some calculus, add some special topics, and out comes a BS in Econ. </p>
<p>BA Business Administration is a bit more general..you have planning, team work, team resolution, leadership, marketing topics, topics in entrepreneurship, corporate law, etc.</p>
<p>so you're telling me the DEGREE from ROSS (Business admin) is different from degree from WHARTON (BS econ).....</p>
<p>I thought Economics was one of the College's program. I don't think Wharton has Economics Program.</p>
<p>I don't research into Wharton, but Econ majors are almost never included in business schools (with the exception of applied-econ, and other special topic econ). I just don't think Wharton has economics.</p>
<p>Economics is a **SCIENCE **that deals with scarcity and allocation. </p>
<p>"[Economics] Examines the allocation of scarce resources among competing wants. Explores the principles of supply and demand and how prices are determined. Other topics include growth and productivity, global interdependence and the interrelated roles of consumers, producers, and government in an economic system."</p>
<p>Business Admin deals with the management of personel, institutions, whether for profit or non-profit, etc.</p>
<p>you're right walnut, usually they have economics in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and not the business school... I know very little about the Wharton BS degree but it is not an Economics degree. </p>
<p>It is a Finance degree from my understanding, they just give it the Economics name to make it more "professional" or w/e you want to call it since many places a Bachelors in Business Administration is not considered THAT professional/serious.</p>
<p>The Economics major is in the college of arts and sciences.</p>
<p>The Ross degree and Wharton degree are both ranked 1 and 2 respectively for management, followed by Berkeley according to USNews...rankings alone is a bogus way to pick a school though, but whichever school you chose between those 2, you won't go wrong with either one; they are both EXCELLENT.</p>
<p>1 thing to watch for though is Ross's program I believe is a 3-year degree, not 4 years.</p>
<p>ummmm</p>
<p>every wharton undergrad graduates with a BS Econ degree</p>
<p>and wharton is better than ross</p>
<p>Wharton offers a BS in Economics, but in reality people only need to take introductory micro and macroecon (oh yes, and Finance 101 which is intermediate macroecon). I still don't know why they award us an Economics degree when we don't really know a lot about economics.</p>
<p>Grade Inflation: Check out Ross' grading guide <a href="http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/DegreeStatus/RulesRegulations/BBADistribution.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/DegreeStatus/RulesRegulations/BBADistribution.htm</a></p>
<p>Wharton core has 20-30% A's (A+, A, A-) and 40-50% B's. Rest are C's, D's and F's.</p>
<p>Also, an A+ only means a 4.0 and not a 4.4 on the GPA scale.</p>
<p>This is what I mean by grade inflation.</p>
<p>mishra, would anything else be annotated on the diploma such as Finance Concentration etc.</p>
<p>All Wharton students graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. The diploma does not list concentrations (or even Wharton) but they are noted on your transcript.</p>
<p>The degree that is conferred was decided upon when the school was founded and was done so for philosophical and pedogogical reasons. Business is applied economics, and BS's are degrees conferred by other "applied" areas like engineering and nursing. As far as the "econ" goes, the curriculum that we have today is very different from the curriculum then, but the degree conferred is still the same. I would think that newer schools confer things like BBAs, but that's just a guess.</p>