<p>hi all, i'm admitted to the CoE doing IEOR. i intend to do a double major with economics and yet graduate within 3 years. i know i have to do summer school but is it academically possible? perhaps i restrict my social life to only the weekends and holidays like winter and spring break?</p>
<p>advice pls! thank you :)</p>
<p>well i guess im going to berkeley for sure. and i think IM gonna have to restrict my social time to those days too. or maybe ill just be free on christmas and spring break. : [ lol jk man. i got denied from my 2 first choices. i guess its nice to go to berkeley…in a way…</p>
<p>hi berry14, future sch mates i guess? which faculty? and what were ur first 2 choices? :)</p>
<p>unless you take like 20+ credits every semester, it wouldn’t be possible. even with 20+ credits per semester, i doubt it’s possible anyway.</p>
<p>since you’re in CoE doing IEOR, if you want to major in economics as well, you’ll be doing a simultaneous degree, meaning you’ll get your degree from CoE for IEOR as well as another degree from the college of L&S for economics. which means you’ll have to satisfy the breadth requirements for L&S, american cultures, R&C in addition to the humanities requirements in CoE and the required classes for IEOR. not possible in 3 years at all, even if you came in with a lot of credits.</p>
<p>it’s already a struggle to do a simultaneous degree in 4 years. a friend i know who did mechanical engineering + business admin had to take 4.5 semesters to complete, and he even did quite a few summer schools.</p>
<p>i’m trying for economics + civil engineering as well, but i think it’s pretty impossible even though i have 4 years.</p>
<p>This is a pretty bad idea and an unrealistic goal. Taking 20 units is a bad idea for 99% of people, and some units are WAY harder than other units. For example, many people find that Math1B is 4 units of pain whereas Econ1 isn’t that bad. Why do you want to double major? Why don’t you just major in IEOR and take some Econ upper divs? I know a number of IEOR people who took Econ 101A/B, the econ game theory class (Prof Kariv owned, it’s also called advanced micro), and Econ 141 (econometrics). This is a much better idea. 4 years is a better idea for most people, too, in my humble opinion.</p>
<p>edit: if you really want to accelerate your degree, take Math 1A/1B/53 before you start your first semester. Stat 134 if you can as well (e.g. summer school prior to fall)</p>
<p>hi all thanks for ur replies! i guess doing a major will actually broaden my career options? as both an engineer and an economist? moreover, i find myself interested in both areas, ieor and economics. i’m looking at double degree per se, but rather double majoring. however, it seems that berkeley offers only double degree. sadly, because of financial issues, i have only 3 years to finish my undergrad. anyone can give me any advice?</p>
<p>i have a senior in northwestern who actually is doing a double major in ie and economics and yet is on the route to graduate in 3 years. i guess they allow the overlapping of modules, unlike berkeley which requires simultaneous degrees. so it’s back to the issue of which school should i choose. i’m really at the crossroads, i guess?</p>
<p>Why don’t you do ORMS ([Academic</a> Programs](<a href=“http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/AcademicPrograms/Ugrad/]Academic”>http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/AcademicPrograms/Ugrad/)) instead of IEOR? It’s basically the same thing but it’s in L&S so you don’t have to satisfy the humanities requirements of both colleges.</p>
<p>Also, you’ll find that ORMS has quite a bit of overlap with ECON, so it won’t be as bad as two unrelated majors. All in all, doable in 3 years but don’t plan on any internships (you may need to be taking summer classes). Why not enjoy 4 years in college, spread your hard courses out to improve your GPA, and get some work experience during summers rather than taking even more classes?</p>
<p>hi all. </p>
<p>just wondering, is it possible to major in IEOR and yet have a minor in econs? i understand both courses belong to different colleges and berkeley’s stand is either double major within the college or simultaneous degree between colleges. but what about the case of minors?</p>
<p>thank you! :)</p>
<p>Not all L&S majors have an equivalent minor (and not all minors have majors). You’d think that popular majors like econ, psych, bio, physics would have minors but I don’t think they do [L&S</a> Majors - Minors](<a href=“http://ls-major.berkeley.edu/minorlist.html]L&S”>http://ls-major.berkeley.edu/minorlist.html)</p>
<p>But as they do note, a minor is only listed on your transcript and not your diploma. Of course you’re always free to take as many econ classes as you’d like.</p>