<p>So I am attending a cc (been for about a year and a half, so basically a sophomore?) right now under a psychology major, I am hoping to transfer to Rutgers...but along that process I am starting to now get into economics(like I have been researching, and I am finding it really interesting). I would be happy if I could change my major, but am afraid I'll lose so many of my credits in psych. I could minor in Psych, and major in Econ. but the thing is my CC only has a limited amount of classes for the Econ major, which means basically I got to get out of here if I want to do that. So any advice? I am just a confused mess right now......</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I got about a 3.5 gpa right now....I don't know if that info is needed but I'm just putting it out there, and I am like a few classes short of finishing all my gen eds.....</p>
<p>Take introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics before you consider majoring. The courses can be fairly mathematically rigorous (especially upper level economics courses), and that may not appeal to you. The best way to discover a major is to take the intro version of the course, as always. But on a forward-looking note, there is a lot of significant overlap between psychology and economics in some areas. Behavioral economics is a nice blend of psych and econ. Try a course in behavioral econ when you get to Rutgers.</p>
<p>Don’t expect good job prospects with a psychology degree. Even if you end up not liking economics, it would be wise to consider other quantitative degrees over psychology, if you are worried about career/job prospects.</p>
<p>Definitely, and thanks for the reply! Thats what I’m planning right now for the summer I signed up for a intro to microecon, so maybe that will help me figure out where I am on this.</p>
<p>That was one of the reasons why I wanted to switch, my only problem would be if I would lose some credits, I want the benefits of switching to econ, but if it means I lose like a years worth of credits, I don’t know what I would do.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply as well!</p>
<p>My son graduated from Tufts in Econ ,and was unable to find a job in something Econ related .He did get a well paying job in Accounting ,and is getting his CPA now .Accounting seems to be where the jobs are . Good luck !!</p>
<p>Its very rare for an undergrad economics major to get a corporate job in something directly related to economics. Economics majors either get the same business jobs that a finance or math major would get, a research assistanship, or they go straight to grad school. The reason is that economics doesn’t train you for a specific career. Some see that as a negative and some see that as a plus. I see that as a plus as my view is that undergrad should be focused on getting a strong, broad educationand grad school or entry level work should be training for a specific career. I guess others don’t care about that stuff though and just want a decent paying job when they get their bachelors.</p>
<p>Well to be quite frank, the whole idea of somewhat wasting your time taking 120+ credits just to go to school for another 1-2 years to then actually learn a discipline seems a bit wrong. But that’s a discussion for another day.</p>
<p>That is a good discussion. I’m actually in favor of 3-4 years of broad, multidisciplinary education followed by 2 years of specific professional training. Learning about ethics, logic, biology, chemistry, literature, psychology, history, statistics, english, government, economics, and accounting has been far from a waste of time or money for me. Sociology was the only course I’ve taken that I felt like was a complete waste of my time. Every other course that I’ve taken has helped me grow in some way. I would point to economics, ethics, logic, and literature as being the most impactful.</p>
<p>True the system is a bit (well at least some of the reqs) are a bit ridic…I don’t know why I would need to take some classes when they have nothing to do with either of the majors, but the school requires you to. Gen eds were helpful, but I don’t see myself pursuing any of the classes and subjects I was supposed to take, in the future.</p>
<p>No offense, but someone who doesn’t appreciate a liberal arts degree and curriculum isn’t going to excel in Eco. That’s what Econ is, studying people, their psychology and why they make choices. All of this studied over today and in history…sure a big part, and important part, is quantitative but even those courses are there to apply them to the thoery. It’s important you know now, an Econ major will need all the english and writing courses just as much as the intro to accountings.</p>