<p>*Formerly wanted to do law. All set to apply as a Philosophy major this very next application cycle with relatively strong chances of getting into UCB or UCLA since the average admitted transfer student has a ~3.5 GPA and mine is 3.9.
*Had massive epiphany, realized Economics is my passion and I want to pursue a graduate degree in the field.
*Do not have Economics pre-requisite classes completed, and do not want to stay at CC another year to complete them.</p>
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<p>So my question is...</p>
<p>If I initially transfer into UCB or UCLA as a Philosophy major, will I be able to add a double major in something impacted like Economics? </p>
<p>And more generally, for anyone else reading who is in a similar situation: Do UCs allow transfer students to switch majors after transferring? What about adding double majors?</p>
<p>Generally, you’re allowed to switch into majors or departments that are not impacted or if you’ve been admitted to an impacted department you’re usually allowed to switch majors within that impacted department. You’re usually restricted from switching into an impacted major after transferring. The same would also apply to adding a double major that’s impacted. </p>
<p>It depends on the UC and the major, but for Economics at UCLA it’s definitely not going to happen. For other majors there may be a slim chance, but the Econ department is very strict at UCLA because Econ is probably the most impacted major in the college of L&S. For Berkeley, Economics isn’t impacted and it appears it’s possible to switch only if you apply the first semester after you transfer. You’ll almost certainly have to have your prereqs completed by then though because you’d need to start taking upper division classes and Berkeley is very strict about having their students graduate on time. For more information you should definitely contact advisors in those departments at those particular UC’s.</p>
<p>Economics is an impacted major at both schools, not just UCLA. I’m not sure about UCLA but you need to declare your first semester if you are in an impacted major, thus all lower pre-reqs must be complete. If you haven’t done any pre-reqs it’s pretty much impossible to switch over (even if you could somehow get the class) because you need certain pre-reqs to complete other pre-reqs.</p>
<p>UCLA does have a Math/Econ major, which to my knowledge is not impacted. The problem, of course, is that you would need to take several heavy math courses.</p>
<p>DescartesQ is right about that. UCLA does offer a nonimpacted Mathematics/Econ major.</p>
<p>Since earning a graduate degree in Economics requires extensive knowledge of math(Much more than an undergraduate degree in Economics does. In fact ,some schools recommend completing higher level math classes to be competitive for admission into graduate economic programs), it might be a good idea to take on math/econ as a second major at UCLA.</p>
<p>Matt, Economics has VERY little to do with accounting and will by itself NOT satisfy the CPA requirements any better than a degree in psychology or computer science.</p>
<p>Math-Econ is arguably the best route into a graduate degree in Econ(which itself is a specialized math degree)</p>
<p>I would suggest applying as a math major and minoring in economics or as a Math/Stats/CS major and minoring in economics.</p>
<p>Because I have a professor who was an Econ major from UCLA who is also a CPA and teaches my business law class, so I figured maybe that’s what the OP is doing, maybe, maybe not but I thought its worth asking.</p>