MBA遇冷，什么专业的硕士生更受市场青睐？

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数字科学的发展，人工智能的崛起，大数据的广泛应用都推动着社会方方面面的发展，学习也不例外。总有文章归纳冷门专业，但你知道现在职场上最需要的毕业生是哪个专业的吗？

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Like many ambitious graduates at the start of their careers, Maria Jimenez believed that she would eventually need an MBA if she wanted a premier corporate job.
就像许多雄心勃勃、正处于职业生涯开端的毕业生一样，玛丽亚•希门尼斯(Maria Jimenez)认为，如果想得到一份条件优厚的企业岗位，她最终还是需要一个MBA学位。

But she changed her mind after observing colleagues in her first job, working in the IT department of Bogotá-based pharmaceuticals business Tecnoquimicas.The department was making strategic decisions for the company based on the data it collected on medical outcomes. Out of a team of more than 100 people, Ms Jimenez was the only one with an undergraduate business degree.
但希门尼斯在第一个工作岗位（位于哥伦比亚首都波哥大的制药企业Tecnoquimicas的IT部门）上观察了自己的同事以后改变了想法。这个部门根据其收集的医疗结果数据来为公司作出战略决策。在100多人的团队中，希门尼斯是唯一一个拥有商学本科学位的人。

① pharmaceuticals [.fɑː(r)mə'sjuːtɪk(ə)lz] adj. 制药的；配药的 n. 药物
例句: And in pharmaceuticals, smaller firms seem to be more innovative than biggerones.
在药品业，小公司似乎比大公司更具创新活力。

“What they needed was someone with a business head who could also speak the language of software engineers,” Ms Jimenez says. So she ditched her plans to study for an MBA in favour of a place on a data science course.
“他们需要的是有商业头脑，又能说软件工程师语言的人，”希门尼斯说。因此她放弃了攻读MBA的计划，转而学习数据科学课程。

Degree courses specialising in data science are booming, driven by excitement about the potential of data analysis in business, and fear of being left behind.
数据科学专业的学位课程正在蓬勃发展，其驱动因素是对商业数据分析潜力的兴奋，以及对于落在后面的担心。

② ditch [dɪtʃ] v. 抛弃；摆脱 n. 沟；渠
例句: I can't bring myself to ditch him and start again.
我不能说服自己抛弃他，又重新开始。

In the US, where applications for the traditional two-year MBA course have been declining for several years, masters degrees in data analytics are a growth market.
在美国，传统的两年制MBA课程的申请人数几年来逐年下滑，而数据分析硕士学位课程的市场正在增长。

Seventy-four per cent of big data courses in the US reported increased demand last year, compared with 32 per cent of two-year, full-time MBA programmes, according to entrance exam body the Graduate Management Admission Council.
根据入学考试管理机构美国研究生入学管理委员会(Graduate Management Admission Council, GMAC)的数据，去年美国有74%的大数据课程的申请人数增加，而两年全日制MBA课程的这一比例为32%。

One in 10 women and 15 per cent of men interviewed last year by CarringtonCrisp, an education consultancy, for its annual global survey of prospective business school students said big data and business analytics courses were their preferred masters specialism.
教育咨询机构CarringtonCrisp去年对全球有志进入商学院学习的人进行的年度调查显示，10%的女性受访者和15%的男性受访者表示，大数据和商业分析是他们青睐的硕士专业。

Among men, big data was second only to finance in popularity, up from 13th place, in CarringtonCrisp’s last survey. For women, the shift has been in the same direction but less significant, moving from 13th to eighth place, behind management, accounting, human resources and psychology.
根据CarringtonCrisp上次的调查，大数据在最受男性欢迎的硕士专业排行中从第13位跃升至第二位，仅次于金融。而大数据在最受女性欢迎的硕士专业排行中的名次也有上升，只是上升幅度略小，从第13位升至第8位，排在管理、会计、人力资源和心理学之后。

③ consultancy [kən'sʌltənsi] n. 咨询公司；专家咨询
例句: The company services provided include retail commercial leasing, office leasing, residential leasing and investment consultancy.
公司业务包括零售商铺租赁，办公楼租赁，住宅租赁，和投资顾问等。

Demand for big data courses is driven by an increase in lucrative job opportunities advertised for people with such qualifications, according to Andrew Crisp, CarringtonCrisp’s co-founder.
CarringtonCrisp的联合创始人安德鲁•克里斯普(Andrew Crisp)表示，招募具备相关资质人员的条件优厚的招聘广告增多，推动了对大数据课程的需求。

“General Assembly, [the training business] which provides a lot of skills development in the field, often highlights in its emails the shortage of skilled data scientists in London,” Mr Crisp says. “I suspect demand is simply a function of students seeing employers seeking to recruit people with these skills.”
“提供该领域很多技能开发项目的（培训企业）General Assembly经常在邮件中强调伦敦缺少熟练的数据科学家。” 克里斯普说，“我怀疑需求就来自于看到雇主想招募具备此类技能的人员的学生。”

④ recruit [rɪ'kruːt] v. 吸收（新成员）；征募（新兵）n. 新兵；新成员
例句: All employers should give respect to the employees' personal information files while trying to recruit people.
所有的雇主在招聘人时应该对被雇佣者的信息给予保护。

Data from 2015 show the average pay across 48,347 data scientist roles and advanced analysts advertised in the US was $94,576, according to a report by PwC and the Business-Higher Education Forum. More than a third of those job postings required at least a masters qualification.
根据普华永道(PwC)和商业-高等教育论坛(BHEF)的一份报告，2015年的数据表明，美国发布的48347条数据科学家和高级分析师招聘信息提供的平均薪资为94576美元。在这些招聘信息中，逾三分之一的职位要求至少具备硕士学历。

Ms Jimenez moved to France to study for her masters degree and is now midway through the big data analytics for business course at Lille’s Iéseg School of Management. “I did not realise the dynamism of the data analyst jobs market until I started applying for roles,” she says, noting that many companies are looking for employees with her skillset.
希门尼斯前往法国攻读硕士学位，现在她正在里尔(Lille)的IESEG商学院(Iéseg School of Management)攻读商业大数据分析课程。她说，“直到我开始求职，我才意识到数据分析师就业市场的活力，”她指出，许多公司都在物色掌握她那些技能的员工

A few miles away from Iéseg at the campus of HEC Paris, the first class taking the data science for business masters dual degree, with Ecole Polytechnique, has yet to graduate. But the schools have already received more than 1,000 applications for their second intake of 60 students.
在距离IESEG商学院几英里的巴黎高等商学院(HEC Paris)校园里，与巴黎综合理工学院(Ecole Polytechnique)合办的首届商业数据科学硕士双学位课程的学员们尚未毕业。但是，两所学院为下一届安排的60名学员的名额已收到逾1000份申请。

“For a new programme, these kinds of figures are really promising,” says Julien Manteau, HEC’s director of strategy and global development.
“对于一个新课程来说，这些数字真的展示光明前景，”巴黎高等商学院的战略和全球发展主管朱利安•芒托(Julien Manteau)说。

⑤ intake ['ɪnteɪk] n. 吸收；（一定时期内）纳入的人数
例句: He is one of this year's intake of students.
他是今年新招学生中的一个。

New York University’s Stern business school has a strict limit of 70 students for its master in science of business analytics degree. Roy Lee, programme director, says that if the numbers were higher, the more “techie” students would feel less able to share insights with their business-minded classmates, which is crucial for breaking down barriers. “The idea is to get their two sides to share their different perspectives,” Mr Lee says. “Students are learning from each other about where and how to apply their skills.”
纽约大学斯特恩商学院(Stern business school)把商业分析理科硕士学位班的学员人数严格限定在70人。课程主管罗伊•李(Roy Lee)表示，如果人数更多，那么比较“科技型”的学员就会觉得不那么容易与有商业头脑的同学分享见解——这种交流对于打破障碍至关重要。“我们的想法是让双方分享不同的视角，”罗伊•李说，“学员们正在互相学习在哪些地方、以及如何运用他们的技能。”

Prospective students are expected to show similar levels of academic attainment whether they are applying to business schools for a masters in data analytics or for MBA programmes. Where the paths differ is in the specifics of the curriculum.
无论他们向商学院申请攻读数据分析硕士学位还是MBA课程，潜在学生将被要求展示类似的学术水平。路径差别体现于教学大纲的具体安排。

Data science students take course modules that stretch their quantitative skills, such as advanced spreadsheet analysis and the concepts behind relational databases. These courses often also include lessons in how social media content is analysed and the techniques companies use in assigning credit scores to customers. MBA students may touch on these issues but the focus will be on building leadership skills and understanding business through case study materials.
数据科学专业的学生会参加能够扩展他们的量化技能（比如高级电子表格分析和关系数据库背后的理念）的课程模块。这些课程往往还包括如何分析社交媒体内容，以及公司用来评定客户信用分的各种方法。MBA学生也许会触及这些问题，但重点将是培养领导技能，通过案例研究材料去理解商业。

⑥ prospective [prə'spektɪv] adj. 可能的；预期的；潜在的
例句: The schools are trying to take advantage of interest by reaching out to prospective students.
各学校都在努力利用这种兴趣吸引潜在学生。

⑦ spreadsheet [ˈspredˌʃiːt] n. 电子表格
例句: Try logging your time spent on media for one day, without actually cutting back. Add it up in a spreadsheet at the end of the day.
尝试记录你一天实际花费在媒体上的时间，并且在每天结束的时候做一份电子表格。

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