<p>What is the econ department like at UCLA?
Is it really strong?</p>
<p>No. Unfortunately Econ at UCLA, to put it bluntly, sucks. The professors here do a wonderful job of making students hate the subject.</p>
<p>Oh. Great.
Haha.</p>
<p>So are there any recommended majors at UCLA for people who want to go into business?</p>
<p>Well, business is very broad... What are interested in? Accounting? Finance?</p>
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So are there any recommended majors at UCLA for people who want to go into business?
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<p>Aside from Econ/Biz-Econ/Int'l Econ/Math-Econ:</p>
<p>Applied Math, Math/Applied Science, Accounting Minor, Engineering...</p>
<p>Technically, any major can land you in the business world. However it is widely believed that majors such as those listed above can increase your chances at getting a business job. Just be sure to keep your GPA up.</p>
<p>haha, yahooo took the words right out of my mouth. whatever you do, dont do the econ major. take a few accounting classes and maybe some math classes. seriously, major in whatever you're interested in, just not in econ. it will suck out whatever interest you have in it, pronto.</p>
<p>there are so many ppl in the econ department who still dont seem to know what econ is. there's a bunch of ppl who just do bizecon it because it's the "closest" thing to "business" here. wrong. i am seriously annoyed when too many upperclassmen still think that econ has to do with personal finance.</p>
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i am seriously annoyed when too many upperclassmen still think that econ has to do with personal finance.
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<p>lol my friend is double-majoring in econ and engineering because he thinks he could learn some "businessy stuff" haha</p>
<p>i really like the economics program at ucla. although i learned a lot more about corporate finance while studying in the uk, i loved my econ classes at la. the professors i had were funny and interested in student's learning economic theory..you just have to make the effort. everyone has a different experience with econ</p>
<p>ur friend is about to fail, yahooo. and i believe ranking-wise, ucla has a pretty strong dept. just cuz we have like one or two nobel laureate? but yea....the profs suck wutever interest you got out of you...much like count dracula, except, call it count UCLAEcon</p>
<p>o yeah i have to mention that one of the profs in the econ dept. is prof. harbinger...that's right: deadweight loss
pretty cool huh
too bad he only teaches grad courses</p>