Why Undergraduate Business School.

sakky
Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:42:04 +0000

First off, I would argue that sociology majors want to become sociologists, biology majors want to become biologists/doctors, political science majors want to become politicians, and history majors want to become historians. So your argument fails there.



While it is difficult to show what people may actually truly want, for that is an inherently cognitive attribute that nobody will know but themselves, what is undeniable is that the vast majority of social science majors will not actually pursue their field professionally.

Consider what sorts of jobs and grad schools the sociology, poli-sci, and history majors coming out of Berkeley take. This is not some average school here - this is Berkeley, which is one of the top ranked social science schools in the world. Nevertheless, the data evidently shows that relatively few social science majors actually pursued their major professionally upon graduation. On the other hand, I see a sociology grad who became a realtor and one who became a risk analyst at Bank of America. I see a history grad who became a nanny, and another who became a library page. I see a poli-sci grad who became an investment banker at Bear Stearns (oops) and another at Lehman Brothers (again, oops).