<p>UCLA has both business econ and just econ for undergrad majors. Can someone explain the difference? Also I plan on going to Grad. school for business, most likely Marshall School Of Business. Which will help me get in to grad school, which is more practical, prestigious etc.?</p>
<p>Biz Econ is considered much more prestigious. It’s essentially a mix of econ and accounting, as you need to take 6 accounting courses for it. Most people end up taking 3 more, and getting an accounting minor, in order to be CPA-eligible.</p>
<p>Neither matters for an MBA, but Biz Econ will help you more because the Big 4 recruit much more Biz Econ majors than Econ majors and work experience is very important for an MBA. However, there isn’t that much of a point to get an MBA if you start working with the Big 4 after graduation unless you want to try and go into consulting.</p>
<p>Thanks for the post, that was the type of info I was looking for. Also, i hope this does not sound stupid but what do you mean by big 4? Another thing that I was wondering about is the biz econ part of Anderson? cause I have not been able to find something that says they have a true business major.</p>
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Big 4 refers to the top 4 auditing companies (Deloitte,E&Y,PWC,KPMG)</p>
<p>Usually a business schools success is measured by how many of its graduates go on to work for the big4,Management consulting companies,IB</p>
<p>If a schools accounting program sends many of its graduates to the big4, then that school is deemed to be good in its accounting programme. Just an example :)</p>
<p>No, Biz/Econ isn’t part of Anderson. Anderson is the graduate business school.</p>
<p>Biz/Econ is carries much more weight than Econ.</p>