Should study vocational course while studying BA in economics

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm studying economics in a community college and going to move to an University once I finish my 2 years there, which is this fall; however, I noticed that I could learn new and more skills besides my studies in vocational courses, such as Quickbooks , intermediate Office, Financial skills, etc. Will they enhance my possibilities to get a job once I finish economics BA? I will also would like to enhance my skills in Business and different subject that catch the entire explanation on how a company have to be manage and how does it affect the environment where it is, but I know I'm a economic major, but I'm planning on BA in Econ and MBA in Business, then PHD in econ, but things might change depends on how the time goes.</p>

<p>Thank you,</p>

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<p>An MBA or PhD will make you overqualified for the kind of job where you’d need to be able to use QuickBooks. </p>

<p>If you were an accounting major, and your AIS course didn’t include some hands-on QB work, the QB class would be useful for a public accounting career, primarily because there’s a good chance of having a client who uses QB. But if you aren’t going into public accounting, and your post-BA desired job isn’t “entry level bookkeeper,” QB isn’t going to help you much.</p>

<p>If you haven’t had the opportunity to develop some skills in Office just from coursework, and you do better in a classroom than just poking around on your own, the Office course might be worthwhile.</p>