r/UTSA • u/The_Unknown_987 • 3d ago

Other UTSA Business majors getting scammed

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DefDihSOB9c/?psln=MWVyZXZ3MWwwbnk2Mg==

My question is why people at UTSA learning business or management in college?

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u/livewire042 3d ago

His argument is pretty silly. You don’t get a business degree to know how to run a business. You get a business degree to understand how a business runs.

It’s no different than an engineering degree. A structural engineer doesn’t go to school to learn how to build a specific bridge that they’re going to make after graduation. They learn the fundamentals of bridge building.

Also, a professor doesn’t haven’t to run a business in order to teach those fundamentals either. Because, like both businesses and bridges, the needs of the operation are going to vary case to case. A professor just needs to know how to teach the experiences many businesses have had to meet those needs. Success in a business isn’t universally the same.

I can smell the grift from this dude.

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u/The_Unknown_987 3d ago

a business degree especially at UTSA can’t teach you anything! For example, a management major, pretty much the things that they teach there is outdated, all that matters is the pedigree and UTSA isn’t it!

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u/livewire042 3d ago

Doesn't really sound like you have any evidence to back that claim up. I'd also question what or whom gives you the authority to judge that. Many of the fundamentals at a bachelor level don't tend to change that much.

Of course, that's dependent on the subject matter. For example, digital marketing changes very frequently but that doesn't mean Principles of Marketing as a class is outdated when it's teaching the 4P's (Price, Product, Place, Promotion) in the marketing mix. We're always going to calculate the interest on a loan with the same fundamental formula even though calculators and AI make it much more efficient.

So an argument of something being "outdated" is not only unfounded, but largely irrelevant with a lot of the things students learn in class. The changes are more readily and easily addressed when you get into a position at a company, but you still need to understand the core foundation of these things before you can understand how the changes affect them.

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u/Beginning-Parfait938 3d ago

Listened to maybe 25% of the video and was already dumb by the first argument. Professors dont teach to run a buisness. Just a certain subject in buisness.

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u/ApprehensiveHost3929 3d ago

Because it’s a good degree? Because it’s versatile? You can pursue careers in management, HR, marketing, operations, sales, and plenty of other business roles across different industries. Hospitals, tech companies, sports organizations, and nonprofits all need people who understand how a business operates.

There are jobs out there, but you have to look for them, build experience, make connections, and know how to market your skills. A degree doesn’t mean someone hands you a job the second you graduate, and that applies to any major. Just because the career path isn’t spelled out in the degree’s name doesn’t mean it leads nowhere. How is it a scam? It’s a good versatile degree.

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u/FormerWishbone5706 3d ago

So they can also learn to write.