<p>Right now I'm in a community college, and I'm transferring to a UC next fall. First I set off doing computer science my first year, which I ended up absolutely hating. Now, I'm completing the general education requirements at the community college as well as taking lower division classes for political science. However, now I'm thinking that maybe I want to do economics instead.</p>
<p>The problem is that I have zero lower division economics classes completed. And the economics major at the UC I'm planning to transfer to (UCSB) has a lot of lower division requirements. Has anyone done something like this? The problem is that if I want to take the Economics major, it seems like I'll have to have lots of economics classes each semester, or spread them out and go for 3 years after transferring insead of 2.</p>
<p>I'm a recent community college grad transferring to a CSU this spring. I originally started out as an English major but have decided to change to history. I don't think changing majors is that uncommon.</p>
<p>People switch majors all the time. I switched from engineering to political science, which played havoc with my GE requirements (different colleges within university). Yes, you can wind up with a very crammed schedule or an extended time when you do this.
Karma.</p>
<p>if you've taken zero economics courses, as you've said, how can you know that you'd like to major in it? </p>
<p>You started off with comp-sci and hated it; this should have been a tip-off that you need to investigate majors a bit more before you make a committment, no?</p>
<p>You might be thinking, "econ, that will get me a job" but it won't. Business/econ major is common for those thinking of accounting, but straight econ won't help all that much more than a history or poli-sci major.</p>
<p>The way to get a job with a liberal-arts major is to get internships and discover what areas you are interested in, plus you have some real-world experience to show future employers. If econ is the right major for you because you're interested in it, great, but to me right now it sounds like you're going down the same road that you were taking with comp-sci and that lucrative SW job it was going to get you.</p>
<p>man i hated computer science with a passion</p>
<p>so boring so tedious so annoying</p>
<p>remember java? public<em>class</em>send_ aaagh!! i loathed it so much!**</p>
<p>Same here. Well, I had C++, but I had that exact feeling. Combined with having to take Calculus and Physics for science majors, it was just too overwhelming for me. I regret that I gave it a try in the second semester too. </p>
<p>*if you've taken zero economics courses, as you've said, how can you know that you'd like to major in it? *</p>
<p>I think the reason I took computer science because of its status as being a good major I guess. After a little while, I realised that I would not be able to complete any science based majors.</p>
<p>In terms of economics, I did take both AP economics classes in high schools and I got 4's on both AP tests. I enjoyed the classes very much, as I did with AP government. I also had AP computer science, but I can't really say I enjoyed the class too much (I got a 3 on the easier comp sci AP test) The problem is that UCSB doesn't give you class equivalent credit for the Economics AP tests, you only get general education classes, so you have to take intro to Macro and intro to Micro again.</p>
<p>And yeah, I will try to get some internships and experience over the summer before I transfer in hopes that it will help me decide what to do once I transfer.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was looking at that one on the website. It has 8 lower division courses to take, which is one of the reasons I was concerned about considerng it.</p>