College degree core requirements

[Ricter]

Finance and accounting are part of every business. Say you want to work in the finance department of a pharmaceutical company. Some biology could differentiate you from your competition.

 

[derektrader]

Its nice to see college students getting degrees they can monetize opposed to idiotic degrees in communications, sociology, and african studies.
By the way, thats the real reason why there are income disparities.

 

[wrbtrader]

Its nice to see college students getting degrees they can monetize opposed to idiotic degrees in communications, sociology, and african studies.
By the way, thats the real reason why there are income disparities.

You go to a public university...you'll have that but more strange "elective courses" in your choice of classes to get that all around education.

In contrast, technical schools and private schools can fine tune it a little better. In fact, I've seen students select their universities not based upon the degree but upon the "electives" they will need to take to get their degree.

Thus, some students "want" that communication elective course that a particular school offers on their way to a finance degree whereas another university doesn't offer communication as an elective because it offers "greek methodology" as an elective course towards a finance degree.

Yet, a large percentage of students that enter universities are undecided about what degree to take or they change their mind...that's where the usefulness of the electives come into play.

You can still take classes (those electives) while trying to decide on your degree route.

For example, I knew a student in the Economics school and he took an elective class (microbiology)...loved it so much...he took more electives in the biology science department...

Eventually he changed his degree path and went the medical school. Today, he's a doctor and happy he made that decision all because that one "elective" class in microbiology.

As for idiotic degrees...some very famous people doing great things for the world have those idiotic degrees that you may have been beneficial in your personal life without knowing it.

wrbtrader

 

[Pitterst]

Frankly speaking, I don`t understand why we need those addition sourses for degree

 

[newwurldmn]

I was looking at a public state school's requirements for a finance degree for my son in a few years. Looks like they require biology among other odd courses to satisfy "General Education" requirements...

Is there a better way to do say a finance or computer science degree without these GE type padding courses? Sort of like a technical school but not quite, if you catch my drift?

Or is everyone forced to go this route?

He should take the general courses. Maybe he’ll find something he likes more than finance. Maybe he’ll learn something that will better himself in his life.

I started as a CS major, graduated with a CS degree but my finance classes are what moved me and I ended up going into finance as a career.