a master's degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting?

[Julia]

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #159 "Accountants", question 2

Many companies want graduates with a master's degree in accounting, or a master's degree in business administration with ......... in accounting.

(a) a concentration
(b) an expertise
(c) a major
(d) a specialty

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #159 "Accountants", answer 2

Many companies want graduates with a master's degree in accounting, or a master's degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting.

Correct answer: (a) a concentration

Your answer was: incorrect
Many companies want graduates with a master's degree in accounting, or a master's degree in business administration with a major in accounting.
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Why isn't "major" appropriate in the sentance here? is there any mistake? thanks in advance

Julia

[Mister Micawber]

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Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe that advanced degrees (Master's, PhD) have 'majors'-- I think that denomination is only for Bachelor's degrees.
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[Mister Micawber]

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On second thought, I agree that it is too close a match, Julia-- so I have changed the answers in that question. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
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[FangFang]

ok,I guess Julia might ask the differences between "major" and "concentration" here.

[Prezbucky]

yeah, it should probably be "concentration"

In our MBA program at Belmont, that's how we referred to the area in which a person took (most of...) his electives.

We had E-commerce, Operations, Music Business, Human Resources, and Finance (if memory serves... which it might not).

I can't remember if there was another one... maybe Marketing, Accounting or International Biz.

A person didn't have to pick one, however... you could take a balanced load of electives. I took three Music Biz classes, an Ops class (System Management), and a Marketing class.

I couldn't stand Accounting... probably because I sucked at it. hehe

The toughest paper I've ever had to write -- at any level of education -- was in the required Corporate Financial & Managerial Accounting class. We had to write a ten-page paper on how changing one line item in an accounting statement would impact a company. That was awful work (for me, at least). My first attempt wasn't good enough, so the prof made me re-write the whole freaking paper just to get a B in the class.
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