“Generally I would consider our business degree, and any business degree to be more of an interdisciplinary degree than an economics degree,” said Maia Young, Associate Professor at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. … “Somebody who’s an economics major has more options, while someone who’s an accounting major aims to be an accountant. …,” said Brian Jenkins, Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics and Department Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine.

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