<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I've just been admitted to the UCLA class of 2016, pre-BizEcon. As an international student, I'm not really familiar with the way US universities work and I confused myself looking at the UCLA website. From what I know, I need to take 10 GE courses (<a href="http://www.college.ucla.edu/ge/ge_requirements_table.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.ucla.edu/ge/ge_requirements_table.pdf</a>), and 7 pre-BizEcon courses to get into BizEcon. Do I take all 17 courses in my freshman and sophomore years? Is there a specific order that I should take them in? If I attend the summer program for incoming freshman (CSI) and I take a science class, can it count towards one of my GE credits?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for answers, and sorry for bombarding you guys with questions!</p>
<p>Yeah, it seems you would need to take those 17 courses in your first 2 years, which isn’t so bad. If you took 3 per qtr you would have 18 courses done once you finish your 2nd year. Taking a course during the incoming freshmen session should count towards completion of those courses. The GE courses there usually isn’t much of an order to take them in unless its English then usually there is from my experience. Science series are usually always taken in a specific order and your pre-bizecon classes might need to be taken in a specific order.</p>
<p>Ideally, you should declare for your major in your junior year, so you will need to finish your pre reqs for Biz Econ by the end of your sophomore year.</p>
<p>As for the GEs, you can take them whenever you want. You don’t need to take them all by your sophomore year. You can take 1 during freshman year, 1 during sophomore year, 1 during junior year, and then take the rest in your senior year. GEs are flexible. Consider them your “fun” classes. You just need to finish them before graduation.</p>
<p>It’s more important you get into your major and declare so you can start taking upper division classes (some classes have pre reqs) and if you are interested in accounting, it’s important to start taking those accounting and management courses.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies! 
Helps a lot.</p>