Is Management a micky mouse degree?

Naw mate, if you want mickey mouse go photography :P

I wouldn't say it's a micky mouse degree, it's not up there with the top 10 hardest/most respected though.

As a 1st year Management student at Warwick I think I'm well placed to answer this question.

It all depends on what you are looking for from your education and what career you want to go into. If you are looking to go into consumer goods companies or anything else non-banking related a management degree definitely helps you get a good job. This isn't to say that you can't get into banking. A management degree also limits your options for postgrad study. You usually won't be accepted onto courses including economics so you are restricted to specialist areas within business such as finance, marketing, etc. Doing an MBA with an undergrad in management is a bit redudant, so if you know that you want to enter business but are not planning on doing a postgrad degree then this degree is ideal.

It also depends on what modules you take. At warwick in your first year you have many wishy washy modules that some people may consider "mikey mouse" (particularly economists). But you can always go for more solid areas such as finance, accounting, economics and so on through your options. These are concepts and techniques that are relevant and that would be difficult to learn on a job, so you already have an advantage.

Also bear in mind that if it in the UK, companies are more less likely to be fussed about your degree area.

Do you even understand what a mickey mouse degree is? It is a course that is presumed to be useless. That the matireal you learn is worth nothing, that it is completly trivial. Photography may nto be academic, but its certainly usefull, say for being a photographer.

I have even heard people call physics mickey mouse because it has a low employability, but that is so wrong! Yes it may not be very employable but the matireal is extremly important and very concrete not the least bit trivial.

What sort of careers would a management degree open up?
I've applied for it because I like the program, and I thought it can open a wide range of careers, as I didn't make my mind yet.