Capped majors...

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>From what I remember when I was a student, a few L&S majors were popular and one had to apply to declare them. Economics and Computer Science were the most well known ones. Now I see from the</a> current L&S list of capped majors that Computer Science is no longer limited.</p>

<p>But I wonder what the reasons are for the popularity of some of the other capped majors.</p>

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<li>Economics -- back then, it seemed to be a second choice for intended Business Administration majors.</li>
<li>Media Studies (Mass Communications) -- ?</li>
<li>Psychology -- ?</li>
<li>Public Health -- ?</li>
<li>Social Welfare -- ?</li>
<li>ORMS -- yes, sounds like business, but with a lot more math (e.g. Math 104 is a suggested course). Seems like an "L&S IEOR" major (analogous to L&S Computer Science in relation to EECS), but I do not recall IEOR being that popular a major among those in the College of Engineering.</li>
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<p>Would any current student be able to say why these particular L&S majors, as opposed to all of the other ones, would be popular enough to have to be capped?</p>

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<p>can I ask why?</p>

<p>you say that you are a graduate of this institution. I don’t really see a lot of alumni ■■■■■■■■ the college confidential forums and I’m just curious as to what you hope to gain from this.</p>

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<p>Just personal curiosity about how Berkeley has changed since then.</p>

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<p>I think someone else said that psychology was popular because it was easy and everyone wants to do it. I wouldn’t be surprised if the same went for Media Studies.</p>

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<p>People say that Public Health is an easy option for premeds who want to avoid the difficult MCB upper divs.</p>

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<p>ORMS is for people who want to go into finance but aren’t smart enough/not willing to work hard in engineering. Its new too so they are still testing it out. Media studies has a lot of sorority girls who want to be news anchors and on tv. Also its really easy.</p>

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<p>ORMS is impacted because it doesn’t very many class seats open to give it. (That’s I remember them saying when they explained capped majors when I was a frosh)</p>