Business at UChicago

JHS
Mon, 21 Dec 2015 01:20:05 +0000

Right. It’s a complete high-school misconception that economics is the only major that prepares you for business, or that business consists primarily of economics. Any discipline that involves analysis and communication can be preparation for business. One of my children’s friends was hired by one of the big three management consulting firms after majoring in history with a minor in painting. A great deal of business school curriculum comes out of sociology, anthropology and psychology, not economics, which is why the Chicago Economics Department won’t let you take just any Booth course as an economics elective. And even if you are interested in the areas of business that are closely related to economics – finance, pricing strategy – math, especially what gets called applied math, is really the critical tool.