I’m quite interested in this major, but I’m still not so sure about what it is about. The website says it emphasizes a lot on microeconomic theory and the economics of natural resources. I currently own a business around a product that helps conserve/protect natural/renewable resources. Is that at all related to this major? Is this major related to business? I have activities in business, environmental science, and policy, but I’m not sure how much that fits this major. And is this major more popular in CNR or LNS? Any insight?
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I’m a current prospective transfer to CNR. They encourage applicants who are considering the major to apply to the major in CNR as opposed to L&S. For that, I don’t know why. I think it could be that they don’t want applicants who are serious about this kind of major to get lost in the crowd of L&S applicants. CNR awards a B.S. degree while L&S awards a B.A. Another benefit is that, due to CNR"s smaller size, you have the ability to get to know your advisor responsible for your small major. I’ve heard that the advising in L&S isn’t that great just due to the fact that they have so many students. Sorry I can’t provide more info!
According to this sheet, the two majors are pretty much the same as the major is “jointly offered” by CNR and L&S. https://nature.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/EEP%20Major%20Snapshot.pdf
Thank you so much for your input! I’m currently leaning more towards LNS because of the flexibility within the college, but I’m not sure if freshman acceptance to the LNS EEP major is difficult since I haven’t heard of anyone who got in EEP LNS as a freshman. It seems like the major is extremely small, so I’m not sure if that affects acceptance rate either (as well as being a capped major). Anyone have info on this? thank you so much!
Glad I could help!! Definitely understand leaning towards L&S for the flexibility aspect. I’m pretty certain that if you apply to L&S, major isn’t as strongly considered due to the fact that in L&S, freshman are only admitted into the college and will apply into their major after they finish their lower division requirements at the university. However, applying to a capped major might make admission more difficult (idk about this though, just my speculation) If your gpa and test scores are on the lower side for Berkeley, applying to CNR with your specific environmental extracurriculars might give you the boost that puts you over the edge. They definitely connect PERFECTLY to this major and incorporating them into one of your personal statements would be great!!
Idk what this info might mean to you, but this website shows the amount of transfers admitted to each major. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major
For fall 2017- L&S had 30 admits for EEP, CNR had 33 admits for EEP (doesn’t seem to big difference it admit rate for TRANSFERS, not really sure if this info would be as helpful for a freshman applicant)
Sorry I don’t have info about the smallness of the major’s effect on admission!
Wow thanks for the info! Are you currently in the EEP major right now? I’m contemplating between EEP, Econ, and Pre-haas (which is undeclared). My ECs are mostly business, govt/policy, and environmental science, but the environmental science part is mostly embedded into my business ECs. Not sure how much EEP is related to business
I’m actually a prospective transfer from a California community college to the Society and Environment major in CNR.
I’ve just read a ton about CNR because I’m really excited about it. Anxiously waiting to hear back in April 
I would say that the EEP degree is very comparable to a regular Econ degree. This thread sheds some really great light on the differences between the two. https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/unmo1/environmental_econ_vs_regular_econ/
I would guess that because of this, EEP is just as related to business as regular Econ is. The thing with Haas is that it’s supposedly insanely competitive to get in. Depending on your stats, could be an awesome thing to shoot for! If you really would just love to go to Berkeley and the major isn’t as important to you, then prioritizing getting in to the university over the specific major might be the way to go (especially if you’re unsure about the major). People want to change majors all the time after they start college anyway.
Also in terms of an econ degree vs business, the job prospects are very comparable. It’s all about what you do extracurricularly during college with things like internships and jobs that really set you up for the kind of employment opportunities that will be made available to you. So in my opinion, what you’d be able to do with EEP, Econ, or Haas could be very comparable.
One of the big benefits with EEP is that it’s in CNR, so you’d get to have a bit smaller class sizes and know your advisor (something that’s not really feasible in L&S).
For some reason I really like talking about this stuff 
I’m actually a prospective transfer from a California community college to the Society and Environment major in CNR.
I’ve just read a ton about CNR because I’m really excited about it. Anxiously waiting to hear back in April I would say that the EEP degree is very comparable to a regular Econ degree. This thread sheds some really great light on the differences between the two. https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/unmo1/environmental_econ_vs_regular_econ/
I would guess that because of this, EEP is just as related to business as regular Econ is. The thing with Haas is that it’s supposedly insanely competitive to get in. Depending on your stats, could be an awesome thing to shoot for! If you really would just love to go to Berkeley and the major isn’t as important to you, then prioritizing getting in to the university over the specific major might be the way to go (especially if you’re unsure about the major). People want to change majors all the time after they start college anyway.
Also in terms of an econ degree vs business, the job prospects are very comparable. It’s all about what you do extracurricularly during college with things like internships and jobs that really set you up for the kind of employment opportunities that will be made available to you. So in my opinion, what you’d be able to do with EEP, Econ, or Haas could be very comparable.
One of the big benefits with EEP is that it’s in CNR, so you’d get to have a bit smaller class sizes and know your advisor (something that’s not really feasible in L&S).
For some reason I really like talking about this stuff
@iLikeIceCream Yea for now I’m prioritizing getting in first over the major (though the major is quite important too!). ah I was looking more into eep in L&S, but I just had the feeling that it would be pretty darn hard to get into because I haven’t heard of anyone who is doing EEP in L&S. Good luck with your admissions!
@celine12 Thank you! Good luck to you too! You sound like a very driven, hard-working person so I’m sure you have a great shot.