Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?

[Anonymous]

I'm told that undergrad business majors require a lot of tough math but an MBA is basically 2 years of social networking.

Why do people bother with undergrad business at all, given that the MBAs get paid more?

[Anonymous]

I don't think most people believe that undergrad business degree is difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm told that undergrad business majors require a lot of tough math but an MBA is basically 2 years of social networking.

Why do people bother with undergrad business at all, given that the MBAs get paid more?

tough math? Not really

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most people believe that undergrad business degree is difficult.

+1

Sorry, but I think almost everyone thinks undergrad in business is very easy.

[Anonymous]

They are both easy.

[Anonymous]

Business undergrad is known for its rigor? Snort.

[Anonymous]

Undergrad is always harder than a masters, regardless of the field. Undergrad is at least 4 years of full-time coursework, including weed-out classes. A masters is only one year of full-time coursework. Also, I'm not in business but the people I know with an MBA rarely benefit from it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Business undergrad is known for its rigor? Snort.

It's because the people discussing this are comparing it to communication major.

[Anonymous]

Every science major I knew who couldn't handle it switched to business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Undergrad is always harder than a masters, regardless of the field. Undergrad is at least 4 years of full-time coursework, including weed-out classes. A masters is only one year of full-time coursework. Also, I'm not in business but the people I know with an MBA rarely benefit from it.[/quote
My masters degree was 3 years full time

[Anonymous]

At many colleges, there is a second admission process for undergrads who want to major in business, so the business major is seen as "hard" by the standards of the undergrad population at that school.

MBA students have already won admission to their grad program, usually from rigorous colleges at which they performed well. For those students, the MBA program seems "easy."

[Anonymous]

Business isn't quite as tough as engineering, chemistry or physics, but it's tougher than a liberal arts degree which is what the slackers and hippies major in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Business isn't quite as tough as engineering, chemistry or physics, but it's tougher than a liberal arts degree which is what the slackers and hippies major in.

Um, basic sciences such as chemistry and physics are liberal arts majors. I think you mean humanities and social sciences...and I would say it just really depends on the program and the person. But, having degrees in the humanities, engineering, and the physical sciences, I would say that the humanities are the easiest to coast through in if that's what you want to do.

I don't really understand the value of an undergrad business degree unless you are planning to take over a family-owned business (only person I know who benefited from such a degree). MBAs are only worth it if you go to a top school and are able to leverage it for networking purposes, from what I've seen anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't really understand the value of an undergrad business degree unless you are planning to take over a family-owned business (only person I know who benefited from such a degree).

Well, Accounting for one. Also, marketing, human resources etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At many colleges, there is a second admission process for undergrads who want to major in business, so the business major is seen as "hard" by the standards of the undergrad population at that school.

The McIntire School of Commerce at UVA is very prestigious and difficult to get into.