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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Snobbery?

STEM is hot. Law is prestigious. DCUM seems to not like many majors outside those fields. 
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I think degrees in nursing, early childhood education, soil science, construction management, etc. are all better than a business degree, and I imagine that most DCUMers would agree with me. It's not about snobbery at all. [/quote]

No. Those are below average-school business degrees as far as desirability. They are not top tier degrees or careers and when someone nods and says That’s great they leave off the “…for your child”. They would never want that for their own unless their own were not academic at all and then they would much rather be able to say business. [/quote]

A general "business administration" degree, like a general "communications" degree, doesn't mean much. You went to college for four years and took classes. I am going to assume I am going to have to train you in a lot of things, unless you are talking about someone getting a degree from a university's School of Business (so, a Business degree) in Accounting or Finance or something.

My brother has a state school business degree in Hospitality Management and in 20 years he has done a number of things related to the hotel industry, including tech, operations, management, and sales. At his university, you had to major in [i]something[/i]--accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, hospitality management, IT/analytics, international, econ, management, marketing, or operations management. You could only do "business administration" as a minor. [/quote]

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