<p>why don’t they just call it a business degree
instead you take 2 intro economics courses and the rest management/business and suddenly you have a bachelors of science in economics
everyone knows it is a business school. everyone who goes there goes to study business. everyone who wants to hire a wharton grad is aware of the business oriented curriculum. So why still call it an economics degree?
the real economics majors (they are cooler than anyone ever) are in the college</p>
<p>business is economics science, but business isnt really anything</p>
<p>They must also be earning fake money ehh. Who the hell cares!</p>
<p>It is called a bachelor of science in economics because that is what Joseph Wharton wanted it to be called. It is because of tradition, simple as that.</p>
<p>hahaha....this post is so stupid....this is twenty seconds of our lives that we are never getting back</p>
<p>well, if people keep posting, it'll be 30, then 60, then 2 min, 5, 15, 30. </p>
<p>damn posters :rolleyes:</p>
<p>don't forget the time you are spending counting the fake greenbacks that you have earned with your fake econ degree!! heheheh</p>
<p>The Economics department used to be housed in Wharton (as did Sociology and Political Science). Having Econ in the business school rather than in the liberal arts school was actually the norm back in the day.</p>
<p>It is a Bachelor of Science (not Arts) because the curriculum was/is the applied (or scientific) study of Economics (vs theoretical). Think along the lines of Engineers receiving a BS degree.</p>
<p>I think you also have to realize that when business schools were first being created the concept of Economics was thought of as "Commerce." So Wharton giving a BS in Economics isn't so out of line, and initially many schools gave out a BS in Commerce. And when Wharton was first founded, it was founded as the Wharton School of Finance and Economy (later switched to Finance and Commerce, later just the Wharton School).</p>
<p>In case you are wondering where this is all coming from, it's from a book called University Education for Business that was written by 2 Wharton faculty around the 50th anniversary of the school. It's basically a history and examination of all business schools that were accredited by the AACSB in 1931.</p>
<p>So yeah, basically it made sense initially and when you think about it, as a business student you are inherently studying economics in an applied way so it still makes sense.</p>
<p>hahahaha hazmat just pwned you.</p>