<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I'm going to Georgia Tech next year (not the greatest business school I know) and am considering majoring in management or economics. What would be an advantage in majoring in one over the other? Should I get the Economics degree then go to grad school for Management or something else like finance? What else is there that I should know about these degrees? Thanks for any responses.</p>
<p>I'd ask the schools career services for starting salaries for each major (may be on the website too). However, I'd tend to side with economics, especially at a non-elite school. IMO mgt doesn't really provide someone with many skills...and IMO all of the skills you do gain from mgt, you can gain easily in the real world. Economics is more quantitative, and will probably be perceived more favorable by employers. It's much harder to learn quant on the job.</p>
<p>Let's say that I wanted to become an actuary with one of the degrees. Should I go Economics or Management focused towards finance?</p>
<p>You should also take some higher level math courses (outside of whatever major you choose)
"1. All the necessary Calculus and Linear Algebra
2) A full year of Probability and Mathematical Statistics
3) A semester of applied statistics
4) A semester of Actuarial Mathematics (including interest theory and some contingency theory)
5) Optional courses in numerical analysis, some training in operations research, substantial training in computer science
6) Our Finance department offers three courses in insurance which would also be helpful and our Accounting department offers all the necessary accounting training"
Actuarial</a> Math Web Page</p>
<p>id say econ as it is more math oriented
it really doesnt matter what major for actuary, u just have to know your math
so if you can learn on your own, major in something else, if you cant, major in math</p>
<p>Well Tech has Applied and Discrete Mathematics degrees. Which one would be better suited? Discrete I would assume right?</p>