Majoring in Business

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people saying that majoring in finance and accounting are the same thing as majoring in just plain business? And yes, there are tons of schools where students get a BA in Business.

No one is saying it’s the same. Everyone is saying that majoring in “business”without a specialization is silly

Not at schools where “business” is only business major offered, like at UVa or Cal.

You need to do more research.
The degree offered at UVA is a major in Commerce, and the students do choose a specialization to focus on.
https://www.commerce.virginia.edu/bs-commerce/academics/concentrations

Looks like a lot of people don't have much insight and throw out BS.

So UVA has BS in Commerce with concentration in Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Management, MIS

Similiarily a lot of other schools have BS in Business Administration with those concentrations.

UVA also offers Econ

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people saying that majoring in finance and accounting are the same thing as majoring in just plain business? And yes, there are tons of schools where students get a BA in Business.

No one is saying it’s the same. Everyone is saying that majoring in “business”without a specialization is silly

Not at schools where “business” is only business major offered, like at UVa or Cal.

You need to do more research.
The degree offered at UVA is a major in Commerce, and the students do choose a specialization to focus on.
https://www.commerce.virginia.edu/bs-commerce/academics/concentrations

Looks like a lot of people don't have much insight and throw out BS.

So UVA has BS in Commerce with concentration in Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Management, MIS

Similiarily a lot of other schools have BS in Business Administration with those concentrations.

UVA also offers Econ

Yes however,

McIntire >>> Econ in Art and Science

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people view college as pre-professional training and others view it as an educational experience. It’s a bit of a class divide.

And not an arbitrary class divide. When you have to take out student loans it would be stupid not to care about immediate ROI, which is better in pre-professional majors.

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How is the business major at VA Tech?

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Anonymous wrote:How is the business major at VA Tech?

Not highly ranked.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people view college as pre-professional training and others view it as an educational experience. It’s a bit of a class divide. [/
Some people major in English or some other language, math, physics, chemistry, biology, music, economics, etc. then they may choose teaching profession in schools. In your esteemed opinion, do these majors belong to “pre-professional training” or “ educational experience “? Or do you think only worthless degrees offer “educational experience?”

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IMHO undergrad business is great for smart go getters but limiting for brilliant students. They can always get an MBA in future if needed.

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A finance or accounting degree with at least a 3.0 is useful

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It is perplexing because English, Math, Physics and Economics (especially if you take a graduate level Econ course or two that requires lots of math) degrees are way harder than taking a mishmash of accounting and marketing courses for a “business management” or “Commerce” degree. However, at most schools, you have to meet requirements once you get in to get to the business school, so there’s further selection. At least that’s my best guess.

Finance, accounting, and data science majors are in the business school at many schools, but I consider them to be different than a “business management” major.

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I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools. The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree. I’m sorry, but it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My bus admin degree included:

3 semesters of accounting
1 semester of finance
2 semesters of contract law
2 semesters of statistics
3 semesters of economics
and the rest was liberal arts classes

I felt like the accounting and finance classes were extremely valuable and have helped me over the decades. I learned how to read a P&L statement and learned general ledger accounting. The skills that I learned in those 4 classes really, really helped me in my career and also helped me with my personal stock portfolio investments.

The economics classes were pretty much a waste. I see zero value in majoring in economics.[/

How would you even know? The Business majors take fluffy lower level Econ classes. You don’t have any exposure to the material Econ majors studied.

Your major was comprised of a series of low level intro courses from various areas.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools. The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree. I’m sorry, but it is.

At 99% of schools it is. But not at undergrad Hass, Ross, Wharton, McCombs, etc.

Anything below that including VT I would major in arts and sciences or engineering

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools. The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree. I’m sorry, but it is.

The art history type of students you mentioned are looking in the rear view mirror and think what was good for their parents is good for them in their lifetime. But times have changed and are changing at accelerated pace. They aren’t, except for a small fraction of them, will have rude awakening when they realize they don’t have self sustaining qualifications to live!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools. The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree. I’m sorry, but it is.

At 99% of schools it is. But not at undergrad Hass, Ross, Wharton, McCombs, etc.

Anything below that including VT I would major in arts and sciences or engineering

What about USC School of Business? Would you major in business/finance or School of Arts and Sciences

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools. The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree. I’m sorry, but it is.

The art history type of students you mentioned are looking in the rear view mirror and think what was good for their parents is good for them in their lifetime. But times have changed and are changing at accelerated pace. They aren’t, except for a small fraction of them, will have rude awakening when they realize they don’t have self sustaining qualifications to live!

NP. You don’t understand. There are kids who have trust funds such that while they do attend college after high school, they immediately go into volunteering, working in the family business, or traveling. They join a top sorority or fraternity during college and meet wealthy peers.

They don’t need to “sustain themselves.” Lol. I agree that middle class kids have no business majoring in art history.