<p>I just saw the major sheet for this new major, and I thought some of you guys would be interested.</p>
<p>Some background from College</a> of Letters and Science Executive Committee Action Items (pdf):
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The Faculty Executive Committee unanimously endorsed the revised proposals from the Department of Economics for its proposed changes to the Economics majors, including the establishment of the Economics and Accounting major and eventual discontinuance of the Business Economics major during a transition period that honors the commitment to students who have declared this major. The Economics proposals and the committees endorsement will be forwarded for action to the Undergraduate Council.
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<p>Economics and Accounting major sheet: ECONOMICS</a> AND ACCOUNTING MAJOR, B.A. 2009-2010 (pdf)</p>
<p>It looks to have mostly the same pre-major classes as Business Economics (along with the same 2.85 GPA requirement), except that the Math 34A-B seems to be the only accepted math sequence. There's also a class listed as ECON 10A, but I think that's supposed to be 100A because 100B is listed as the first full-major course (and 100A is required for that).</p>
<p>Personally, I'd like to declare this major if I can. I'd heard about it in the spring, but this is the first documentation I've seen for it.</p>
<p>ucsb has some ornate major names</p>
<p>BA econ
BA econ/math
BA bus econ with accounting emphasis (soon to be econ and accounting)
BS financial math and stats</p>
<p>i wonder why there isn’t a simple finance or accounting degree. also, what’s the point behind “econ and accounting?” econ is pure, econ/math is more quantitative econ, but econ and accounting don’t seem to sync the same. just curious.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, though. Are there any other plans?</p>
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What you’ve stumbled into is a philosophical divide that animates professors who have nothing more significant to argue about. The mission of the UC system is research, and the classes it teaches undergrads are supposed to be based on that idealistic principle. They refuse to dirty their hands with practical classes; if you want those go to the CSU system that has dozens of majors that teach you something practical. The UC system tolerates engineering, but makes it reside in its own college outside of Letters & Science. In fact the UC system purged itself of other majors, such as journalism, that were seen as too “applied”. So the only way to sneak in accounting is to hide it behind an “Econ and …” major.</p>
<p>Thanks, Mike. I was already familiar with the UC system’s high priority on research, but I didn’t realize how much it influenced the titles of its schools’ majors.</p>
<p>After some quick googling it seems like this combination does in fact exist at other schools and the description isn’t too bad, either. It’s said to be good undergrad study for a future MBA.</p>