<p>Business administration degree vs. finance degree
for some reason, i feel like "finance degree" looks better on paper for jobs in finance. Because Haas doesn't have a finance concentration, does that mean that the finance courses are somewhat limited?</p>
<p>I think Devry University has a finance degree though.</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Program - Finance Group - Haas School of Business](<a href=“Undergraduate Program - Finance Group - Berkeley Haas”>Undergraduate Program - Finance Group - Berkeley Haas)
[Course</a> Information, Undergraduate Program, Berkeley-Haas](<a href=“Courses - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>Courses - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas)</p>
<p>UGBA 103 and the 130 series are all finance courses. You can compare these with those of schools that offer a finance degree, but at Haas you can focus on finance as part of the business administration degree.</p>
<p>I know that some people who graduate undergrad with a finance degree don’t go to MBA and straight to work bc they learn similar things. but would Haas prepare you enough in finance to go straight into work?</p>
<p>just get a cfa</p>
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<p>school doesn’t prepare you for life. YOU prepare you for life.
you get as much out of your education as much as you put into it.</p>
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<li>business/finance programs aren’t about what you know, they’re about who you know.</li>
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<p>You can focus on finance in Haas be recruited just fine. What’s most important if you want to work in finance regardless of the school you choose is to maintain a high GPA and land the right internships.</p>
<p>It doesn’t really matter. Harvard doesn’t even have an undergraduate business major, and their students go into finance. </p>
<p>There was a thread on “Investment Banking at Berkeley” that touched on this. Do a search.</p>
<p>…and from what I hear, you use very little of what you learn on the job anyway</p>
<p>It’s true. You’re mostly going to be using Excel, Word, and Powerpoint for what you’re doing.</p>