<p>Hello everyone. First time poster here, so I hope I am doing all of this correctly.</p>
<p>I am currently a second year community college student planning to transfer to a University following this year. I want to major in economics, but the University I plan on attending does not offer a BS in econ, only a BA and a major through the business school (which is a BS degree in business administration). This concerns me, because I have heard that a BA in econ is not good preparation for grad school, nor is an econ major through a business school.</p>
<p>So, here's my question: Will attending a college without a BS put me at a disadvantage when applying to grad schools? Or is course work all that matters? </p>
<p>The school does offer a quantitative track that will allow me to take a number of helpful math courses (Cal 1,2,3, linear algebra, mathematical statistics, econometrics, and a few others), and I am also considering an econ and math double major. Will these tracks give me the quantitative background necessary for grad work in statistics or economics (MS or Ph.d)? Will grad schools care that I don't have a BS in econ?</p>
<p>I hope these aren't silly questions. Economics is a field I would like to work in for a long time, and I don't want a degree that doesn't give me an opportunity for academic advancement. </p>