<p>Wharton only offers a Bachelor in Economics for undergraduates? Is that true? Someone please help~</p>
<p>they only offer a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a bunch of concentrations. The following is a link to the list of concentrations. I believe that for a concentration, you have to take 4 upper level courses in that topic and 3 upper level courses in other topics.</p>
<p>yes, it's a bs in econ</p>
<p>what's wrong with that - coming out with a bachelor's degree is standard</p>
<p>It's still a business degree on the basis of the</a> courses you take.</p>
<p>and moreover, every major employer knows wharton is a business school</p>
<p>But if the only degree offered is a bachelor's in economics, would an economics degree at, say, Brown mean the same thing? in terms of the knowledge learned, and somewhat the meaning to employers?</p>
<p>no wharton is more applied economics... whereas normal econ is theoretical so its purpose isnt useful... just thinking but not practice wise... I'm not trying to bash econ because if I dont go to Wharton I will get an econ degree somewhere else (just tried to explain it easily)</p>
<p>if it meant the same thing, then penn wouldn't have a separate econ department in arts + sciences</p>
<p>wharton offers the bachelor of science in econ
the college offers the bachelor of arts in econ</p>
<p>it may seem like a minor difference but it represents a major difference in approach (applied vs. theoretical)</p>
<p>Ohhh, ok. Just wondering, but an undergraduate econ degree from another prestigious school could get you into a good grad school right? whereas many Wharton undergrads do not feel the need for a graduate degree?</p>
<p>only about 1/3 of Wharton undergrads get an MBA... you do the math</p>
<p>hahahaha, i see. thanks, people =)</p>
<p>Actually, as a Wharton student, I've had some trouble with employers (major employers) looking at my resume and saying "oh, BS in econ, what's your favorite econ topic". Of course, they always go "oh yeah, Wharton, business right" a minute later, but the confusion does exist.</p>
<p>Of course, since the study of business was invented at Wharton, and Wharton offers a BS Econ, the whole "BBA" thing is kind of weird anyway.</p>
<p>really? in ocr interviews? that's really surprising</p>
<p>I believe it's due to this: when we (Penn students) meet each other, we ask each other two questions: name?, home school?. When potential employers meet us, they don't have the gut instinct to ask the second question - it's more like name? university?. It's a distinction that I think we really blow out of proportion.</p>