| Are you a strong raconteur who is good at organizing | | | | a business degree usually go to work immediately |
| a team? Do you like working with numbers and | | | | after graduation in jobs like public relations, market |
| solving math problems? Are you skilled in using | | | | research, securities sales, financial analyst and human |
| computers? These qualities are indispensable for | | | | resources specialist to name a few. |
| success in today's competitive business world. If this | | | | With all these career choices, it is important to |
| is what you like to do, you should consider a major in | | | | consider your particular interests and skills. Having |
| Business. | | | | practical experience, such as internships, part-time |
| Today's business school students will experience a | | | | jobs, or volunteer positions during your college years |
| broad-based education that focuses on a lot more | | | | can help you decide the type of work setting and |
| than business-related courses. In your first two years | | | | industries that interest you the most. Some colleges |
| you will take courses in arts and sciences like classes | | | | and universities offer internships, in which business |
| in calculus, psychology and/or sociology, economics, | | | | majors may earn academic credit while getting |
| computers, writing, communications, accounting, and | | | | firsthand business experience. |
| statistics. Your professional business education | | | | Only about 12% of business majors go straight to |
| generally begins junior year, and includes a set of | | | | graduate school. Many choose to work for several |
| core courses in areas such as finance, management | | | | years before applying to a graduate program, and |
| and organizational behavior, marketing, and operations | | | | then it is usually for a master of business |
| management. The remainder of your junior and senior | | | | administration. Graduate business schools usually |
| year will be focused on courses related to your | | | | require five or six semester-long courses in basic |
| specific business major, electives, and a course in | | | | economics, calculus, and statistics. If you decide not |
| business policy. | | | | to major in business as an undergrad, you will need |
| There are many things you can do once you have | | | | to take these courses as electives. Beyond that, |
| your business degree. Majoring in business prepares | | | | business schools are most interested to see that |
| you to work in a variety of fields such as business, | | | | you've taken a broad and challenging range of |
| civil service, or nonprofit. Students who graduate with | | | | courses. |