Why Undergraduate Business School.

vinnyli
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:33:49 +0000

See, here’s what you’re not getting. If you have to test a drug, you test it against a placebo. If the two are equally effective, then the drug is essentially useless, it’s no better than an illusion. If undergrad business degrees land you with no more business success than a liberal arts degree, clearly it holds no use, as majors with absolutely no connection to the field you’re studying can do as well as the you.

I NEVER said that an LA degree was useless. In fact, throughout this thread, I have advocated for a strong liberal arts foundation within a business curriculum.
Here’s what you’re not getting. First off, business majors have higher starting salaries than non-business majors in the same field, so the degree does get you a heads up over non-business majors in the short run. In the long run, not really.
Second, if you reason it that way, then I guess many other majors ARE moot. The majority of politicians don’t hold political science degrees (some hold business degrees). Many professional writers/journalists do not hold English/Literature degrees (some hold business degrees). Some economists (gasp) had undergraduate business degrees. I know some anthropologists who majored in other degrees (a few in sociology, psychology, and even one business guy).
And, as a matter of fact, many PhD’s in sociology have economics, psychology, and gender studies undergraduate degrees.