<p>In terms of employment opportunities, which major is preferred by recruiting investment companies?</p>
<p>i believe management science is a more mathematically rigorous major (for instance, you have to take linear algebra) whereas for economics you pretty much just need a basic knowledge of calculus (10 series). so probably management science is preferred.<br>
there’s also a joint mathematics-economics degree, so you could think about that possibility as well.
but in general, i think companies will care more about your skills/experience than your whether your major was managment sci. or econ…so pretty much just pick the one you like best.</p>
<p>My friend is an economics major and he regrets taking the Math 10 series because it has limited his options. He would switch to management science if it didn’t mean retaking courses.</p>
<p>The joint econ-math major is the most rigorous, and is the best for students aspiring to earn a PhD. I imagine it would also be the most useful for quant analysis. These days, trading is no longer an art, but a science. Thirty years ago, experience and feel were used to trade, but over the last two decades a new breed of mathematical traders have emerged. Econophysics didn’t even exist until the 90s. Still, most finance is math is pretty basic, and your major won’t matter as much as what you learn.</p>
<p>Investment banking companies don’t even target economics majors specifically. They often recruit students who have a very quantitative background, in say, math, physics, or engineering. The ability matters more than the knowledge.</p>
<p>what you major you recommend i take if i want to go for accounting?</p>