My work thought I was kidding when I said BS in Bus Admin

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Internship problems</p>

<p>Employer: Are you an MBA intern or BBA?
Me: I'm undergrad. BS in Business Administration
Employer: You mean BBA...
Me: Oh no, it's a Bachelors of Science degree
Employer: What?! hmmm that's interesting (You sure? hmmm ima look this up later...) Typically business degrees are not BS
Me: Yeah I'm not sure why our program does this. Not really sure what the difference is too actually. I have to look into that.
Employer: Well whats your concentration?
Me: About that... my program doesn't have concentrations or focus. Well we do, international business but... its not really something people pursue
Employer: Okayyyy</p>

<p>haha. Can anyone help me understand what is the main difference between BS and BBA and why a degree at Haas is BS?</p>

<p>thanks yall</p>

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<p>Seems like the employer is being overly concerned about the title of the degree rather than the major or content of the degree. The same employer might ask inane questions about why a Berkeley graduate has a Bachelor of Arts in math or physics, or why an MIT graduate has a Bachelor of Science in history or literature.</p>

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<p>I thought it was pretty silly but must be a big thing here at this company. You bring up some interesting examples too. Apparently its at the schools discretion whether a degree it provides will be a BS or a BA.</p>

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<p>Ucbalumnus, have you had personal experience like that, cause I think your getting real emotional here bro…</p>

<p>Usually your cold and dispassionate with lots of good info cause your smart…</p>

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<p>I went to B-school … and we all got a MS Management degrees instead of MBAs … and yes it was often a topic of conversation in interviews and when starting jobs. However, I think the questions were mostly curiosity about the unusual degree and not anything judging the degree.</p>