Sociology

rightcoastsurf · 10-18-2006, 01:00 PM

good major for people undecided (but PRETTY SURE they want to do business)

rightcoastsurf · 10-18-2006, 01:03 PM

sorry, that was meant to be phrased as a question

311Griff · 10-18-2006, 07:23 PM

not sure I understand what you mean? Are you meaning, is sociology a good major for people who want to declare it as a major to switch to business eventually,or a good undergrad major for going to B-School, or a good major for getting a business job after graduation?

I'm assuming it's either 2, or 3, and the answer is probably not, depending on other factors.

rightcoastsurf · 10-18-2006, 08:02 PM

a good undergrad major for eventually going to business school (maybe) or keeping my options open. its really between graphic design, finance or marketing...obv. the graphic design is quite different from the other two. the reason i ask is beacause 2 of the schools i applied to (for transfer) dont admit transfer students into thier business school.

311Griff · 10-18-2006, 08:39 PM

it would be a good major for B-school provided you can 1. go directly to b-school, or 2. get good work experience (although sociology is not a highly recruited undergrad major).

It would keep your options open for going to grad school in something other than b-school, or even law school too.

rightcoastsurf · 10-18-2006, 09:02 PM

really...so work experience after a soc. degree would be the most important, yet harder thing to attain?

311Griff · 10-18-2006, 09:24 PM

if you wanted to go to b-school, and the b-school requires a certain amount of post-undergrad work experience (most top tier schools do), then yes, solid work experience would be crutial to be a competitive applicant. Not that sociology is not going to lead to a good job, because that's unknown (there have to be many examples of people getting AWESOME jobs with a sociology degree), but it's not as practical as a business/engineering/computer degree.

As an alternative, and a good recommendation, if you are going to study social science (sociology), maybe even consider doing an economics program, which would give you a little more advantage in many respects.

forgiven · 10-18-2006, 09:35 PM

i think majoring in psych would be better than sociology..

rightcoastsurf · 10-19-2006, 12:50 AM

really...why is that?

redlinekid2 · 10-19-2006, 02:29 PM

I haven't posted on this board in the past 2-3 months. To answer your question, Sociology is a very good major for any graduate business program. However, make sure that you've gotten the basics out of the way:

Calculus I
Economics-Macro and Micro
Statistics-W/Calculus

If you're going to get a Sociology degree, get it from the top-tier schools. If they have a specialty, like Economic Sociology, take it! A few schools has this option. Although, most schools I've looked at has Anthroplogy/Criminal Justice option, which I don't like at all.

Hope this helps!

rightcoastsurf · 10-30-2006, 02:12 PM

is sociology > psyc.?

Wanderlust · 10-30-2006, 10:25 PM

I think Sociology would be better than psychology especially when it comes to business & marketing. Ppl w/ Soc. degrees get into marketing,advertising, and PR. I havent heard of anyone getting into PR w/ Psy. but maybe Im wrong. I personally think (from all the career counselors Ive spoken to) Soc. is a more versatile degree where Psy. you will more often than not need a masters (or higher) to do anything with it. There are the exceptions though.

rightcoastsurf · 11-01-2006, 06:41 PM

really? anyone else agree with above?