<p>Well, this is going to be kinda difficult to explain haha. So I’m going to break it down into a few sections.</p>
<p>Majoring in business vs econ. These are two VERY different majors. I’m not sure what type of business you’re talking about (business econ, business admin, business management), so I’m going to guess you’re talking about econ vs business econ? I’m making that assumption because you talked about transferring to another UC and currently only 3 UC’s offer business admin (Cal, Irvine, and Riverside). If that’s correct, then business econ vs econ isn’t TOO big of a difference. In fact, majoring in one or the other won’t really give you an advantage. </p>
<p>Majors like that don’t have that big of an impact when it comes to the job market. I’ve worked with people on a finance team who majored in history and philosophy. The only thing is that they needed to take additional coursework outside their major to be qualified and the same applies for econ vs business econ. The difference between these majors is that business econ includes some classes that apply economic theory towards “business courses.” In all honesty, majoring in business econ won’t give you an edge over a student who is majoring in econ. Even though it depends on what type of work we are talking about and the experience required, econ students can always take business econ courses to learn any principles they deem necessary. I know a lot of econ students who took accounting courses even though it wasn’t required for them.</p>
<p>Majoring in econ can be very flexible. You can get jobs in finance, sales, marketing, accounting, academics, research, and etc. I’m not saying that these jobs will instantly be available to you with a degree in econ, but you will need to prove that you have experience in the given field. Example: You won’t be handed a job in finance if you haven’t taken any courses in finance. Employers love to hire people that they don’t have to train that much. Resume experience is the biggest factor in all cases when it comes to jobs, ALWAYS remember that.</p>