I took a business studies and marketing degree and found both to very beneficial if you want to start your own business or be involved in marketing. In marketing they also like the classics such as English and History if you don't have marketing. You can also take a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) proffessional course once you have completed your degree but I think they have a 2.1 minimum and its not 100% necessary to have this to get into the marketing industry. As things go, I believe that any degree is useful and respected by employers so long as you go to at least a half decent university and have a 2.1 minimum. In addition I know my boss has no time for the new waste of timedegrees such as DavidBeckham and Madonna studies (which decent universities wouldn't have courses in anyway).