<p>I was wondering if anyone has any input on changing majors from the college of letters and science to the college of engineering. Is anybody out there who has actually done this? How hard is it to do?</p>
<p>Unfortunately I don't know anyone who has pulled it off, because it's quite arduous to change majors from L&S into the SEAS once you're admitted because the majors are so impacted at the freshman/sophomore level. To switch into CS/CSE/EE, you generally need a ~3.50 GPA in the lower division requirements, but for the less-impacted majors like AE and ME you need a >3.00 instead. However, the biggest obstacle is committing yourself to taking two years' worth of engineering-oriented prerequisities that might be useless for your current major, should you fail to get into engineering. Have you visited this online guide about switching majors?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/change.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/change.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks for the input, flopsy, and yes, I did visit that website. It was helpful in terms of telling me which classes I needed to take before applying for the change of major. Say, for example, I wanted to switch to chemical engineering. That means the bare minimum of prerequisite courses I need to take is Math 31A, 31B, and 32A, and chemistry 20A, 20B, and 20L. Would it still be a problem to commit myself to taking these classes, especially since I already have to take Math 31A and 31B for the biz-econ major? And I could also satisfy GE requirements by taking those chemistry courses? So couldn't I still have a shot at a change of major without suffering from too rigorous a schedule, since I would, in essence, be "killing two birds with one stone" (satisfying other requirements while still trying to change my major)?</p>
<p>I agree - if you're already a pre-BizEcon major, then it's feasible to shoot for ChemEng at the same time. Good luck on that...</p>
<p>yeah, thanks</p>
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<p>you could do double major!!</p>
<p>just wondering. has anyone u (asking flopsy, kfc, or whomever) know of done a double major with one of them being engineering? how about a minor?</p>
<p>Well, the thing is, I would have to give up my original major, pre-BizEcon, in order to take up engineering. Only after I'm in an engineering major can I double major with another major in L&S IF I'm in good academic standing. Plus, I think it would be difficult to do a double major with engineering since it requires so many units, and there is a maximum number of units that one can have in college.</p>
<p>Adam Harmetz is the only engineering student I've ever met who's managed to double-major (CS and BizEcon with high GPAs in both). It's probably why he was the winner of the Outstanding Bachelor of Science award at this year's Engineering Commencement. <a href="http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/Commencement/candidate.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/Commencement/candidate.html</a></p>
<p>That's interesting...I wonder how he was able to complete both majors even with the maximum unit restriction.</p>
<p>My guess is that he had to file a petition at the Office of Academic and Student Affairs to have his unit restriction extended by about 24 units or so.</p>
<p>haha so basically its like impossible. lol thats crazy. do u know how long it took him to graduate doing that? $500 + plaque is not worth what he went thru :)</p>
<p>Well I think it would be worth it career-wise. A double major in CS and BizEcon could be very valuable. But what if somebody's petition for extending their unit restriction isn't granted? All their courses will have gone to waste.</p>
<p>Not necessarily, raneksin... If you're a CS major and your application for a double-major is denied, you can still allocate the BizEcon courses for your minor/technical support area, which all CS majors have to take.</p>
<p>What is the max unit restriction? How many units do all the majors, on average, acquire? It's very much possible to do a double major, without going over the limit right?! But anything more than a double major and you will go over the limit???</p>
<p>Would it be easier to be approved from HSSEAS to take a double in L&S?? Or is the same difficulty for both ways around?</p>
<p>216 units. To double major, you need some careful planning in order to not reach the limit.</p>
<p>again u can petition to go over the max unit limit should u find urself in that situation. and yes u need to carefully plan ur double major so that almost all ur lower and possibly upper division courses are overlapped.</p>
<p>Since many of the same prerequisite courses for the engineering major are the same for the physics major, if you fail to get into the engineering major, could you petition for a second change of major into physics? Are you allowed to petition for multiple major changes?</p>