[Help]What is Pre-economics?

<p>Thank you for reading this, i got into UCLA with Pre-Economics major, but i applied for Economics, so question
1 is what is Pre-econ,
2. why was i admitted as pre-econ when i applied for Econ?
3. can i switch to Biz-econ?</p>

<p>I'm going to start off with a disclaimer that I'm not in any way related to this field BUT, I would assume that your pre-economics major means that its one of those majors where you have to apply to get into in your junior year... I think they do this because econ is a pretty popular major so they want to weed out as many people as possible with lower division courses before granting major-status to them...</p>

<p>^yep. </p>

<p>any pre-major means that you're not admitted into the major, you're just admitted as a general student. after completing coursework, you apply (when depends on the department) and they decide whether or not to admit you into the major. </p>

<p>this means that yes, you can still get into bus econ, but you need to have the grades and the coursework to get into bus econ.</p>

<p>don't get all stressed about the "pre".
i'm pre-psych: all it means is that i INTEND to be a psych major, and unless i change my mind, i'll apply at the end of sophomore year and be reclassified as psych.
there are plenty of pre-major majors, if you catch my drift xD</p>

<p>you also might be thinking, what's the point of being declared as a PRE-major? if i'm still just a regular student? one answer is that some majors (like psych) limit certain classes to their premajors to make sure they can get all the pre-major class requirements filled. being a pre-major is just one additional step to getting into a more competitive major like econ.</p>

<p>To get into biz-econ, you will need to complete all the prerequisite classes with a minimum GPA of 3.3. That's basically it, nothing else to it. Econ1, 2, 11, 41, 101; writing II; math 31A and 31B; and management 1A and 1B. You should be able to apply for the major by the end of your second year at the latest.</p>