<p>I am going into my second year here. Just like everyone and their mother i am trying for Biz Econ. Ive done fairly well so far and would love to go into a management field after graduation (hopefully something like hospital management). I like history but talking to recent UCLA grads they say history or poly sci is garbage unless u want to go into politics or law. My question is should I try to double major history and biz econ or try bizz econ and a minor in statistics. My goal is to work for a few years after my undergrad and then go back to grad school with a few years experience under my belt. In addition, is there some retriction on the UCLA stat minor the owrding on the website is confusing "A minimum of 20 units applied toward the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied toward major or minor requirements in another department or program." Does this mean that I can't minor in stat because the biz econ courses dont overlap with the statistics courses. I am a little confused on this one. Flopsy playa show me the light</p>
<p>To clarify I was wondering which one of the major combinations would be more proactical and applicable to a possible grad school application.</p>
<p>Actually I've heard many people say that double majors are useless--that is, employers don't really care about them. They care more about the quality of your work experience. If you want to go into management, then I'm assuming you eventually want to get an MBA? Because that's the most common way of entering management. But for that you'll need several years of work experience after your undergrad, so if I were you I'd simply major in BizEcon and spend more time developing a network and contacts and building up a resume. For business school, it doesn't really matter what you majored in during undergrad; your work experience matters a whole lot more. Do what you think will get you the best job after graduating from UCLA.</p>
<p>Brandnew2 would probably give you a better answer. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>man im trying to do the same thing. im not worried about it tho until ive actually declared for both majors.</p>
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"A minimum of 20 units applied toward the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied toward major or minor requirements in another department or program."
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What this is saying is that you can't "shop" for a minor (at least not in stats) by looking at what classes you've already taken for your major and saying "gee, I could declare a minor in X with these classes". The rule means that you need to have 20 units towards the stat minor that are not used to satisfy any other requirements elsewhere.
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talking to recent UCLA grads they say history or poly sci is garbage unless u want to go into politics or law.
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Common misconception here. They are right, strictly speaking, but then so is someone who says "this orange doesn't taste like an apple should". No kidding, but it's not an apple! History or Poli Sci are liberal-arts majors. Liberal-arts majors are not intended as vocational training the way nursing or engineering is. You have a liberal-arts major, you've mastered the ability to write, reason, comprehend. These are valuable skills for business (or just about anything) but they don't lead directly to a job. Plenty of people with these degrees do just fine in the job market. Some do it by going to a prestigious U (think Ivy or top LAC) that has well-placed alums that love to recruit back home. The rest do it by preparing in college. The key word is "internships". Employers love to see these, and its the springboard into not just an offer from the places you interned but from other employers.</p>