I’m transferring to UC Davis for the fall 2017 as a management econ major, and for awhile I have been contemplating on changing my major to Computer science if possible. I have not taken prereqs for cs but i do plan on dropping in to CS advising, can anyone give me an insight to the major changing process or if it is even realistic to change at this point? I am willing to attend for an extra year if it means doing something I have a passion for, opposed to something I thought was the convenient major at the the time. I have seen the requirements that state: You must have successfully completed (received a C- or better) in Math 21A, Math 21B,ECS 20, ECS 30 and ECS 40. The student should have a UC Davis GPA of 3.0 or better to change major to CS.
You can always change majors, but it might take you a little longer to graduate. You’ll have to talk to the adviser. If you don’t mind taking some extra courses or maybe even summer school, there’s no harm in trying. My sister changed majors as a transfer but she stayed within the same college. She went from philosophy to political science. Changing from econ to cs might be a little difficult.
Make sure you are looking at the right CS major, there is a Computer Science major in the college of letters and science and a Computer Science and Engineering major in the college of engineering. I know the engineering version has the requirements you’ve listed but I can’t say for sure that the L&S version has the same ones. Depending on what you’ve already completed, you might be able to double major in Man Econ and CS
I’d also recommend you email the CS advisor beforehand, or even now, because they get ridiculously busy once the school year starts especially in the first couple weeks.