are good math skills required for an MBA program?

[MasteroD]

<p>in the transfer forum, i posted</p>

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huh?</p>

<p>doing both of these, economics, or history major then MBA, will require math.</p>

<p>econ major requires math. simularly, someone who majors in history, then goes to MBA will have to do math. i think strong calculus skills are needed for an MBA.

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<p>then a member by the name of alangreenspan replied with

I’m a freshman, but I took a harvard business school class (international finance) and it did not seem to be math intensive at all. Business school is topical not quantitative. It gets quantitative if you get a PhD in Finance, though.

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<p>so whats the answer? i thought that an MBA would require good math skills like calculus and stuff. this guy is saying they arent required.</p>

<p>thanks</p>

[pyewacket]

<p>My friend did an MBA at Baruch. Her “major” was accounting so it was a lot of math. If you majored in management or human resources, it might demand less. Certainly it demands computer skills.</p>

[sakky]

<p>It depends on what you mean by ‘good math skills’. Can you get by without knowing any calculus? Yes. Many people have done so, even at a highly ‘quant’ MBA program like MIT-Sloan. Does it help to know calculus? Yes. You will feel more comfortable in classes like econ, finance, decision analysis, etc. </p>

<p>It also depends to a great extent on which MBA program and what sort of specialization you are talking about. As said above, if your plan is to specialize in finance, especially quantitive or computational finance, then it will be very helpful to be versed in calculus, as well as have some background in computer programming. However, if you plan to specialize in Organizational Behavior or something like that, then you won’t need much mathematics knowledge at all, and certainly no computer programming skills.</p>