Students pursuing a degree in Business Administration will gain exposure to multiple areas of business including Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking, Management, and Marketing. By choosing to study business administration with an emphasis in Economics, students ready themselves for business careers from the broad perspective of economics, developing expertise in topics such as economic forecasting, analysis of interest rates and financial markets, labor economics and international economics. Students typically prepare for careers in a range of industrial, commercial, and financial organizations as well as government agencies and political institutions. Typical careers include business economist, financial analyst, risk manager, or economic research analyst.
This is an emphasis area of the following major:
This major has the following additional emphasis areas:
- Finance and Banking
- International Business-Economics
- International Business-Finance
- International Business-Management
- International Business-Marketing
- Management
- Marketing
- Real Estate
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Common Career Paths
You can do nearly anything with a Mizzou degree, but here are some common career paths taken by graduates of this major:
- Administrative Services Managers
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary
- Chief Executives
- Claims Examiners, Property and Casualty Insurance
- Construction Managers
- Cost Estimators
- Economists
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Examiners
- General and Operations Managers
- Industrial Production Managers
- Investment Fund Managers
- Investment Underwriters
- Management Analysts
- Managers, All Other
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
- Risk Management Specialists
- Sales Managers
- Social and Community Service Managers
- Statisticians
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers