<p>Can anyone share their thoughts on the program, especially if you're in it. I know the accounting program is good, but I'm fairly certain I'm not interested. What are job prospects like for non accountants in the major?
PS if anyone has any info on the surf club I'd also appreciate it</p>
<p>It’s a good program that’s rather popular. Most Econ majors you’ll meet here are BME and I remember a professor saying that 7 out of 10 Econ majors at UCSC are BME. You have to take the accounting series for the major so you can get a taste of Accounting and see how you like it.</p>
<p>The Business Management aspect of “BME” is mostly applying accounting principles towards the theories of management. If you look at the program compared to the pure economics major, you’ll see that economics mostly just focuses on economic theory alone. BME is a decent program, but most of the students who graduate from it usually end up working at an accounting firm IF they take more of the accounting courses.</p>
<p>It’s possible to graduate with a major in BME and only take the minimum accounting courses, but it’s usually better to have some specialization if you want career opportunities. So if you go into BME and avoid most of the accounting courses, I’d highly suggest minoring or double majoring with another discipline to higher your chances of getting a job. Think about statistics, computer science, ISTM/ISM, or mathematics.</p>
<p>I agree with MidnightGolfer. I am currently a BME major, and most of my friends did take the accounting courses. </p>
<p>It is important to understand that the top accounting students will be recruited by the Big 4 firms for full-time and internship opportunities, but the rest of the students will be left without opportunities. The number of students that the Big 4 recruits has declined a bit in the recent years, and the number of students they recruit anyway have been quite small. </p>
<p>Other than the Big 4, no company (that I am aware of) actively recruits UCSC BME students through their university recruiting programs.</p>