<p>I am an international student just graduate from school (with no years' work experience) want to study Finance or International Economics in the US.</p>
<p>Is the international economics in IR program better or the one in Business School better?</p>
<p>Then what is the difference?</p>
<p>It depends on what you want to do. Business School is more or less designed to train you for work in business. An international economics program will be much more academically oriented (training to become a professor). You would need some work experience to be seriously considered for most business schools (whether that manifests itself as good internships or a job after graduation). Talk to your professors.</p>
<p>"An international economics program will be much more academically oriented (training to become a professor)." - not true at all. </p>
<p>To the OP - it depends on the program. Are you looking at any particular schools?</p>
<p>Sorry, I missed the International Economics within an IR program (thus, it will not be entirely oriented towards a career in academia), but it will be more academically oriented than the business school.</p>
<p>This depends absolutely on two things:</p>
<p>1) What do you think you want to do? If business, go to business school. If you are not sure, I'd do a joint business/IR program or just the business degree. If you know you want to do an IR-related job -- govt., NGO, etc. -- I'd go the IR route.</p>
<p>2) What programs do you think you might want to attend? Some will get you where you need to be, and degrees from other places might be wall paper.</p>
<p>Thanks for your answers,
you listed some key points I have to think about,
maybe the main problem is to plan my own career goal.</p>