<p>I am currently a freshman at UCLA as a pre business economics major. (class of 2015)
I switched my major to political science and all the classes I have taken so far are wasted..:(
I am planning to take 1 GE, 2 pre major requisites over summer. I am also taking 4 classes (19-20 units) every quarter and will continue doing so.
If I do that, I am able to finish all of degree requirements by the summer after the sophomore year (2013 summer) Does this mean I am able to graduate from UCLA only after 2 years of education??? Does the university allow me to do so or do I not have any restrictions of early graduation as long as I fulfill all of the requirements?</p>
<p>I have heard some engineering students taking up to 4 upper division courses per quarter. I am planning to take up to 3 upper division courses for winter term. Is that too risky? I am a very hard worker and currently I have 3.7-8 GPA.</p>
<p>I want to graduate as soon as possible and work and prepare for law school.</p>
<p>If you made sure you took into consideration all of your requirements, then I supposed you might be able to graduate in a short amount of time, but you do make it sound quicker than it usually is. Did you take into consideration the following?</p>
<p>ALL of your GE requirements?
Your writing requirements?
Your foreign language requirement?
All the prerequisites for upper division course work?</p>
<p>Graduating in 2 years sounds absurdly quick. You can look at your DPR on URSA, or make an appointment with a College Counselor to make sure.</p>
<p>Yeah I’d make an appointment with a college counselor. In addition to the requirements, you also need to make sure you have 180 units and 60 upper div units.</p>
<p>I don’t think that your plan sounds abnormally quick, given that pol sci is a low unit major, you’re taking a lot of units every quarter, and you’re planning on taking full loads in summer (which essentially gives you two extra quarters). If you plan to finish everything by the end of Summer 2013, you can participate in the June commencement, two years early.</p>
<p>The unit requirement may be an issue, as the OP suggests. You have to have at least 180 units to graduate, including at least 60 at the upper division level. 180 isn’t so hard to get to, especially if you came in with a lot of AP or community college units. But the pol sci major is only 40 upper division units, meaning you’ll have to take 20 more upper division units to get to the 60 you need.</p>
<p>If you know you can handle 19-20 unit loads in pol sci and GEs, don’t let others stop you from doing it. Key is just finding and enrolling in classes that have reasonable workload and are complementary (i.e. one with a long paper combined with one with just a midterm and a final). In Winter 2011, I ended up liking all five classes I checked out (including four upper division pol sci), so I decided just to take them all. Four weeks into the quarter, I went to see one of the pol sci department counselors to get my major status upped, and she offered an unsolicited recommendation to drop one of two. I am very glad I did not take her advice because I ended up with a 3.86 for the quarter. </p>
<p>Did you take Econ 41 in your first two quarters? If so, the pol sci department will take that for the statistics requirement. If you took Econ 11, there is an upper division class taught by Schwartz (I forget the number) that you can take that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to, too.</p>
<p>If 40 units come from upper division (UD) political science classes, then you need to take 20 more UD units, in any department, as a College requirement.</p>