<p>Maybe 2 semesters = 3 quarters(?), since at UCLA you have fall winter and spring as the equivalent of an academic school year, which at other colleges equates to two semesters-fall and spring. That’s why I don’t know how they calculated the 10 before I transferred.
I do know that I did use financial aid for 5 semesters at one school, and the bog fee waiver for 3 (maybe 4) semesters of community college before transferring to UCLA.</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d recommend playing it safe and getting Math/Econ done in the first two years. Then if it’s a possibility look at accounting during your 3rd year. At least if UCLA notifies you after the 2 years that they won’t pay for you anymore, you’ll have your degree in Math/Econ. Accounting can be learned on the side, through extension courses if you’re dead set on accounting. The exception to taking accounting classes during your 2 years would be if all the other classes for your major are full and you need to maintain full time status, or have space to take the whole 19 units you are allowed to enroll every quarter.</p>
<p>Also, be aware that if you’re not declared under the Math/Econ major, you’ll have a harder time getting all your classes because of priority enrollment to those who are already in the major.</p>
<p>Lastly, there is a graduation requirement the school requires of you per your college. I think it’s 30(?) units of upper division classes in departments that are not in your major. I can’t find the link. I’m also not sure if accounting will satisfy that 30 unit requirements. I’d double check.</p>
<p>Sorry for adding more to your situation, but looking at the degree requirements for the Math/Econ major [UCLA</a> Department of Mathematics](<a href=“Undergraduate Program | UCLA Department of Mathematics”>Undergraduate Program | UCLA Department of Mathematics), unless you only have like 3 lower division requirements to finish, or basically one quarter of lower division requirements full time, it will be impossible to do the accounting on top of the major. 11 lower division classes is a lot! Some of those math classes have enforced requisites, e.g. math 31b requires you to have taken math 31a. Math 32b requires you to have taken courses 31B and 32A (C- or better). just to take math 32b, you would have had to taken 2 quarters at UCLA(and that’s that you probably wouldn’t even be allowed to enroll in the upper division courses)</p>
<p>Math 115 requires you to have taken 33a. To take 33a, you would have had to have finished course 31B or 32A or 3B (C- or better). </p>
<p>Sorry for making this even longer, but what exactly is your goal from majoring in Math/Econ? I know you may not be able to declare econ as a major, but you could technically “major” in econ without it being declared your major, by simply enrolling in the classes on the side on top of your real major. If your concerns are about job prospects, then you should visit the career center to get advise and tips on how to go about showing employers that you have the “econ” education without majoring in Econ.
Maybe just major in the major you were accepted for, and minor in accounting, while taking econ classes on the side. On your resume or cover letter(when applying for jobs/internships), simply list courses that could be attractive to the employer. (e.g. XYZ major with coursework in Econ such as: Finance, Investments, Economitrics, Money and Banking, etc)</p>
<p>Now if the purpose of you majoring in Math/Econ is for graduate school, maybe finishing up the lower division at a community college is the best way to go, and simply reapply to UCLA next year.</p>