<p>Hi, I applied for cs engineering but got admitted to arts and sciences so am considering the computational economics or geography majors but there's not much information on them. Does anyone know what they are like and if they are ok as a cs replacement for someone who really wants to do cs? </p>
<p>My other option is UCSC for cs.</p>
<p>thanks,
Eric</p>
<p>In case anyone does know something about computational economics, I noticed this worrisome line on the website – are they canceling the program or am I reading it wrong?</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/admissions/]Admissions[/url”>http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/admissions/]Admissions[/url</a>]
"Admission to the Major
As of Fall 13, Computer Science is no longer accepting students into the BA program.</p>
<p>Students interested in computer science who apply to UCSB should declare the computer science major when they apply. UCSB students in majors other than computer science major can petition to the Department of Computer Science for consideration for admission via change-of-major once they complete the minimum requirements (specified below) for doing so. Computer Science majors have priority when registering for all Computer Science courses. Students admitted to the computer science major are responsible for satisfying major requirements in effect when they declare their major. Upper and lower division courses required for the major that are offered by the Department of Computer Science or any other department must be taken for letter grades.
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<p>I am in a similar situation. I emailed admissions to ask them about this, and they replied (within minutes, very amazed at that!) that these majors are no longer available this year. Oh well. UCSC it is :(</p>