<p>This BBA+QSS thread is timely and highly relevant to DD’s situation. She is a freshman planning to enter BBA (ISOM and possibly finance), and also very interested in pursuing the new QSS major, as she loves stats.</p>
<p>First of all, Emory BBA does not allow minor in CAS, only major.
She has figured out it is possible to finish the minimal requirement of BBA and QSS in time. However, this approach might lack depth in both, unless taking 7+ classes as upperclassman is no big deal. She will have finished BBA pre-req and almost all GERs by the end of freshman year (even did orgo and bio). She plans to devote sophomore year to the 4 basic QSS classes, CS171/172 (finger crosses she can get into these classes next week during registration), a few BUS classes, plus whichever QSS major she decides to do. That’s the hard part for her. She does not want to do Econ as she thinks that overlaps with BBA curriculum too much. So far she has taken multiple courses in phil, psyc, but still wants to sample poli sci, even sociology and religion, before deciding on the QSS major direction (minimal 6 courses required). This is how the depth will suffer.
I wish Emory could make these new QTM classes associate with something like BBA or even biology, rather than only social sciences. Most biology and NBB majors will benefit from these immensely. Of course they do not fit the QSS definition.
The question is whether it is worthwhile to pursue the QSS major (in addition to BBA), or just take as many QTM and CS classes she can. The problem with the latter is that there is nothing to show the huge effort, except on the transcript. A minor would be nice.
I sometimes even question why she wants to do BBA, as she is more intellectual (and perhaps less entrepreneurial) than average BBA student. One reason is the weakness of Emory Econ. The other is she thinks the BBA communication and networking will be valuable for her. The BBA placement stat must also be a factor. </p>