Do I have to major in business in order to get my m.b.a.?

Question

Here is my planned course of action...
I just finished my general ed. at a local community college and Ive been accepted at san diego state. However I am still waiting to hear back from my first choices being berkeley and ucla. Im majoring in political science and planning to either minor or double major in communications. As you all know both of those majors arent very math intensive, and business is . So I want to know If there are minumum requirements for mba programs . I know that medical schools have certain requirements like biology, chemistry, etc.... Initially I wanted to go to law school but Now I realize that a joint degree(jd/mab) would better suit my professional goals. Thanks and I look forward to reading some answers.

Answer 1

Well, I majored in Landscape Architecture and was accepted into the MBA program at CSUN. Business is not math intensive like you imagined. If getting a JD along the way is important, you should focus on developing your analytical skills ... it's harder to get into law school than business school.

Answer 2

Absolutely not. In fact some schools don't even want you to have an undergraduate in business. I have an undergraduate in Business from USC and a Masters in Finance from GGU. If I had done something different as an undergraduate I would have gone into an MBA. I couldn't see going through basically the same courses again for an MBA. If I did it over again I would have majored in another field and minored in business. The minor in business would allow some academic background but at the same time the major in another field adds more diversity.
The one catch 22 is without an undergraduate in business you may not be able to find the right work experience for you to go into a good MBA program. The minor might also solve that problem.

So my suggestion is major in a non-business subject and minor in business.