<p>So I'm planning out my schedule for this semester and the 2 after this semester according to my econ requirements. </p>
<p>I have 3 econ electives, econ 100a, and econ 140 to complete.</p>
<p>This semester I'm taking 100a. But I now have a dilemma. Should I take an econ elective this semester along with 100a? Because if I do, I'll probably take 2 next semester, and then finish Econ 140 in spring of 2013. </p>
<p>If I don't, then it will be the same, but I'll take an elective alongside Econ 140 in spring 2013. </p>
<p>So far my schedule is similar to the former, I'm taking an elective this semester. But I really want to take introductory to Hindi but that would require me to drop the elective. But I don't know... something doesn't feel right by doing this.</p>
<p>What do you guys think? I feel like taking only 1 prereq in a semester is a waste of money.</p>
<p>prereqs? i thought you declared economics already?</p>
<p>but anyway, this is just me, but i wouldn’t take hindi. i heard languages, while fun, are a lot of hard work, with lecture everyday and quizzes every week. sounds like a lot of busywork. i would just take a language class as a CC or something, via concurrent enrollment.</p>
<p>ok not prereqs, lol. I meant reqs, sorry, I’m so used to always taking prereqs. </p>
<p>Yeah, you’re probably right about the language thing. Still though… the work doesn’t seem really bothersome to me because I feel like I’m going to be learning something very useful.</p>
<p>You are really arguing over something really trivial. My suggestion would be to take the Hindi course because your gut feeling tells you it’s really an interesting thing to do. Don’t be cornered by the notion that “I have to take many econ classes per semester because my major is econ”.</p>
<p>^doesn’t it depend though? like if you need to finish a lot of reqs in order to finish the major? and also depending on what semester he is in.</p>
<p>also, ankur, i’m interested in economics major too and planning on declaring this upcoming semester. how does the process work (since it is capped)?</p>
<p>If you have space under the unit cap to complete all of your econ requirements, (by my count, you have 5 remaining) as well as any remaining breadth/AC/R & C/etc. requirements, then I would take the Hindi class. Assuming you have space under the unit cap to stay enrolled for 3 more semesters, that gives you roughly 45 units of flexibility. Assuming you only need to complete those 5 major requirements, and assuming each requirement is 4 units, you will have about 25 units remaining, which gives you plenty of flexibility to fit in that Hindi class (or perhaps even secondary and/or tertiary classes as well).</p>
<p>@ insertname, They let you apply at the beginning of every semester.
[Prospective</a> Majors](<a href=“http://elsa.berkeley.edu/econ/ugrad/prospective.shtml]Prospective”>Applying to the Economics Major | Department of Economics) The application will be at the bottom of this page at the beginning of the semester. Once you finish the Prereqs which I think are econ 1, stats, math 1a-1b/16a-16b, and 100a/101a/100b/101b, then you can apply. If your gpa in these classes is greater than a 3.0 they’ll let you in. </p>
<p>@basketballkid124, my total units including community college and AP credit is around 97. I’ve only completed 4 semesters at UC Berkeley, so my total unit count for UC Berkeley courses is around 60, and I’m allowed to stay for 4 more semesters if I want to regardless of my unit count. I’m done with all my requirements except those 5 economics courses.
I have a lot of space. I guess I’ll take the Hindi class, unless you guys think it would be okay if I find another econ elective and take the Hindi class as well and take 19 units.</p>
<p>Since the language courses are sequential, you may want to get started on them as soon as you can, if you want to take as many as you can in your remaining four semesters.</p>
<p>Check to see if you have any other long prerequisite sequences for courses you want to take. If so, start them as soon as you can. If not, with four semesters (typically about 16 courses), you have plenty of schedule space to fit in your 5 or more economics courses and lots of free electives. (You do/will have at least 6 upper division units outside your major department, right?)</p>
<p>Yeah, I already took a lot of upper division classes as apart of my breadth requirements. Will they count?</p>
<p>L&S requires that “of the 36 upper division units, 6 must be taken in courses offered outside your major department”. So, for an economics major, 6 units of upper division non-economics courses will fulfill that.</p>