Should I change my course from business management to economics?

Best thing to do is read online about the Econ course you’d like to study and see if it interests you, from my experience Econ is a lot more sought after and prestigious degree to get, but they tend to have higher entry requirements on average

Is econ better to become a CEO or nah? And I've looked at it and I like it all apart from the heavy maths involved. I'm not great at maths. Do you think I should swap anyways or nah? I think I would definitely do well in all of it apart from the maths for sure.

That is why you shouldn't swap to Economics

Is econ better to become a CEO or nah? And I've looked at it and I like it all apart from the heavy maths involved. I'm not great at maths. Do you think I should swap anyways or nah? I think I would definitely do well in all of it apart from the maths for sure.

There is not that much maths involved and when it is it’s very simple

As for a CEO job, it’s extremely hard to become a CEO in any company so the degree would be irrelevant so much as you perform in a job for however long it takes to reach that level

Hi, I'm debating whether to change my course from business management to economics. I study at the University of Leicester and I'm dreaming of a CEO job eventually. Should I change my degree or keep it to business management?

Surely my best bet would be starting off as a manager and working my way up right?

And I'd probably like to start as a manager maybe and work my way up I guess. If not that then maybe banking.

There is not that much maths involved and when it is it’s very simple

There is a fair bit of maths in economics degrees (some degrees, notably the stronger departments for the subject, have a lot of maths) and some of it is definitely not simple. There's a reason most (reputable) economics degrees require or prefer A-level Maths from applicants.

Yeah I just realised. I got confused with another post and I was referring to A-Level. Most pure Economics university courses require a strong understanding of maths

My mistake

Doy you do A-level Maths? Do you want to transfer to a better-repped university to do business management?

Again you probably won’t start off as a manager straight out of Uni, it all depends how you perform within the job, what industry/field you’re in and how long you’re there for.

If your eventual goal is CEO I don’t see a clear and obvious benefit of changing to Econ in my opinion

There is a fair bit of maths in economics degrees (some degrees, notably the stronger departments for the subject, have a lot of maths) and some of it is definitely not simple. There's a reason most (reputable) economics degrees require or prefer A-level Maths from applicants.

Do you think I should switch,? I'm average at Maths but didn't revise much at all for my GCSEs in them and got a 6. But obviously the maths in econ will be way harder than GCSE Maths probably.

To be fair I found Econ maths modules at university easier than A Level. Mainly because there is a lot less content and it’s geared towards economic models. There was one module in my uni in Year 1 where it was an introduction to Maths with was basically just A-Level Maths & Further Maths but as long as you pass it you will build on that knowledge in the next years

My questions
1) I've looked at the modules for economics and none of the 2nd or 3rd year modules specifically says maths in it. Does this mean that I'm only learning maths in my first year which doesn't even count anyways? (Theres 4 maths topics in first year for econ)
2. Do you think I should switch to economics or not?

1. I’m not familiar with your course, you may want to ask someone from that course and check. I imagine if there’s a maths module year 1 it’ll be embedded into various other modules if there are no specific module in 2 and 3
2. If its solely for the reason of more chance to become a CEO, no

Leicester is decently repped for business management and the only way I'd try go to a better repped one is if I could get one above that tier. But I don't know any Uni's a tier above leicester that accept transfer students based on first year grades, so I'm probably stuck here tbh. I'm aiming to do a MIM in LBS or LSE after so that should raise my employability up.

And I didnt do A Level Maths but my 6 in GCSE Maths gets me into it.


Well if I can't be a CEO or at least a manager then I guess I'd do banking, which they've already told us that they've got loads of graduates doing at top firms.

True though, I won't become a manager straight away. Its just about working my way up.


Do you think I should switch,? I'm average at Maths but didn't revise much at all for my GCSEs in them and got a 6. But obviously the maths in econ will be way harder than GCSE Maths probably.

If you aren't actively interested in and motivated by maths you shouldn't do an economics degree.

Also you can become a CEO with any degree...you could do Assyriology and become a CEO eventually, your undergrad degree subject will have zero bearing on that.

Leicester is decently repped for business management and the only way I'd try go to a better repped one is if I could get one above that tier. But I don't know any Uni's a tier above leicester that accept transfer students based on first year grades, so I'm probably stuck here tbh. I'm aiming to do a MIM in LBS or LSE after so that should raise my employability up.

And I didnt do A Level Maths but my 6 in GCSE Maths gets me into it.


Well if I can't be a CEO or at least a manager then I guess I'd do banking, which they've already told us that they've got loads of graduates doing at top firms.

True though, I won't become a manager straight away. Its just about working my way up.


Do you think I should switch,? I'm average at Maths but didn't revise much at all for my GCSEs in them and got a 6. But obviously the maths in econ will be way harder than GCSE Maths probably.