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Which course makes you most employable?

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LufcEllandRoad
sounds brilliant, so do you reckon a straight BA/BSc in economics actually teaches you everything you need to know to give you opportunities in jobs in general, that courses like finance and banking, management and economics, business economics, finance and economics etc do put together?


Well I would not put it as the golden elixir but I'm from the old school of thought that you get better education and more options by doing economics at undergrad level, then if you want to, you can do something more specialised for a masters, eg International Finance or whatever. If you do an economics degree for three years, and you actually go to your lectures and do the work, then you are going to get some good education and be taught principles which you will use throughout the rest of your life. There are high flying people in the world of finance with history degrees, classics degrees and all sorts, but generally they are just learning stuff for the sake of proving to employers that they have a certain level of intellect, and it doesn't matter if they forget it all after that, economics is something which gives you useful life skills.
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LufcEllandRoad
sounds brilliant, so do you reckon a straight BA/BSc in economics actually teaches you everything you need to know to give you opportunities in jobs in general, that courses like finance and banking, management and economics, business economics, finance and economics etc do put together?


Its appeal lies in the fact that the subject is so broad, incorporating aspects of maths, stats, history, economic analysis etc etc. At Warwick, for example, this leaves you lots of choice in regards to optional modules where you can take options in history, languages and from the business school.

^ and what magicnmedicine said :yep:
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MagicNMedicine
To be honest I would not fancy the chances of anybody with a 2:2 at a degree, or a C at A level maths, of getting an actuarial traineeship. They are formidably competitive. Those might be the minimum standards for being accepted into the professional organisation but getting a company to hire you requires a fair bit more! I knew a couple of wannabe actuaries from Leeds, one did Maths, one did Economics, both got 2:1s, both were rejected everywhere they applied, although the lad who did Maths got to the final round of a couple of recruitment processes. A key thing I think if you want to be an actuary is to get some internship experience like ACS is doing, that was where the two lads I knew fell down, they didn't have actuarial internships on their CVs.


Fair point, i personally cannot fathom why most people do not take a degree which has a placement year, to set yourself apart from the crowd you need experience, fact.

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