Hi, I’ve recently visited my counselor and told her about majoring in business and I’ve had my eyes on UCD’s managerial economics major. On assist.org, i was told by her that I could take either calculus 1 and 2 or calculus for the social sciences courses. But now, on assist for other UC schools business majors, none of them say calculus for social sciences, only calculus. Doesn’t this only leave very few options for transferring? I couldnt discuss this with her as our appointment time was up.
It’s common for different schools to have different requirements for the same major. Your best bet is to choose your top 2 maybe 3 schools and focus on the requirements for those. So while Davis allows Calculus for social science, other schools want Calc 1 and 2. Since Davis also accepts Calc 1 and 2, that would be the sequence I would recommend. It will give you more options when you get ready to transfer.
@2016Candles would any of the other schools accept me if I’m missing calculus 1&2? Also, its not only the calculus, the schools want very different things, UCD wants public speaking, other UCs dont even mention public speaking on assist. However, micro and macro economics is shared.
You’re limited on UCs with business to begin with and all will require Calc 1 & 2 or some sort of applied sequence.
You need to do what Assist says. Most are similar but not always exactly the same.
If a school “requires” a certain class, then you must take it in order to even be considered for admission. You may have to take certain classes that ONLY 1 school requires, but if you want to be competitive for that 1 school then you have to do it.
@briank82 Ah, okay. And you’re scaring me when you say I am limited to UCs because of a business major lol. Is that bad?
@2016Candles Okay, it makes much more sense now, thanks.
It sounds like you need to spend more time research business majors within the UC system. What I meant by “You’re limited on UCs with business to begin with” is that only 3 schools offer business degrees: UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside.
UC Davis does have a business degree, it has a managerial economics degree that has some elements of business with it but it is econ focused.
As to your original question, it’s pretty clear … you take what Assist says. Different campuses will have different requirements, especially when you’re trying to compare majors that incorporate elements of business (but aren’t strictly business) to actual business majors.
And it looks like all but Irvine allow an applied sequence (compared to Calc 1 and Calc 2).
Again, spend some more time research this. Find everything you can online and read it.
@briank82 Okay, I understand, I’ll look into it more as well. A business degree is still a business degree isnt it?
UC Davis is a managerial econ degree. It isn’t a business degree. It’s an econ degree with a splash of managerial science.
There’s business woven into it and someone can get a degree with it and do amazing things in the business world, but it’s not a business degree.
The UC offers three straight business degrees and those are Business Administration at UC Berkeley, Irvine, and Riverside.
UCLA has a business econ degree, but again, it’s econ-focused. Other schools have other twists on econ … but there are only 3 business degrees offered in the UC system.