<p>So after this summer I'll be done with my lower division courses, yet I'm applying for fall 2011. I'm majoring in philosophy, but I'm also curious about the social welfare program. Is anybody majoring in that? What are the prereqs?</p>
<p>What schools are you interested in?</p>
<p>ucb. ucd as a backup.</p>
<p>I don’t think I would have the prereqs done before I go, and I wouldn’t apply as social welfare. According to the site, there’s 4 “core” classes and then 5 electives that span a bunch of disciplines, so it looks like a fairly easy major. *When I say easy, I mean not crazy sequential or having lots of required classes like engineering/bio/etc. </p>
<p>I’m still majoring in phil obviously, but this looked like a good double major. Also, public policy looked like a good minor. ahhh choices!</p>
<p>I see where you are going with this and I completely agree. Did you know UCSD offers a B.A. in Urban Planning – check it out. I’m also a Philosophy major and plan on double majoring in Urban Planning at UCSD.</p>
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<p>that’s really appealing. no, no more choices! I already decided on UCB/UCD! </p>
<p>and according to assist.org. the prereqs for social welfare are intro to psych, intro to sociology, and stats? kinda odd, and now I’m punching myself for not taking those as electives before, but at least they guaranteed to be offered this fall.</p>
<p>isn’t that major… impacted?</p>
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<p>yeah. I don’t know how hard it’ll be to get in once I transfer. I can do the intro to sociology and psychology this fall and have the prereqs done before I apply. The majors simple, 4 “core classes” and then 18 units of approved electives, from which there are hundreds to choose from. After a quick span of the list, I realized that I was already planning on/interested in a bunch of those classes as electives anyway, so I figured that I might as well take the core classes as graduate with 2 degrees.</p>
<p>Does anyone know why it’s so impacted? There are only 4 classes!</p>
<p>Social welfare is one of five designated “impacted majors” in the College of Letters & Science. As a result, not all students seeking to declare the major will be able to do so. A limit of 130 students can be declared each year. Freshman-entry students, those who began their first year of college at Berkeley, are declared on a first-come, first-serve basis once they have completed the program’s prerequisites. Since declarations are processed in chronological order, interested students should contact Sherman Boyson, the Undergraduate Advisor, in 219 Haviland Hall as early as possible during the semester that their prerequisites will be completed. Students should complete their prerequisites by the end of their third semester in order to be assured of a place in the major.</p>
<p>Transfer students should complete the prerequisites at their community college and should list social welfare as their intended major when they apply for admission to Berkeley. Once accepted, they should attend one of the Cal Student Orientations (CalSO) that are held in June and July. During the orientation, transfer students are given the opportunity to meet with their designated undergraduate advisor in order to confirm their eligibility for the major as a transfer student. This is when eligible transfer students are declared. Students should bring to the orientation their transcripts that verify the completion of the prerequisites (unofficial copies are acceptable). Transfer students unable to attend CalSO should contact Sherman Boyson directly.</p>
<p>College of Letters & Science policy requires freshman-entry students to declare an impacted major before they earn 80 units, including units in progress. Transfer students must declare an impacted major before their first semester at Cal has been completed.</p>
<p>[Academic</a> Programs Overview - School of Social Welfare - UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/AcademicPrograms/UGdeclaremajor.php]Academic”>http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/AcademicPrograms/UGdeclaremajor.php)</p>
<p>but can’t you backdoor into an impacted major?</p>
<p>I think the cc route is the backdoor? I think each impacted major has special requirements you’re supposed to do. And outta of all 130 spots, a couple of spots is reserved for transfer. I don’t think anyone from a cc applies social welfare… so even if it’s impacted… you’ll have a good shot depending on how competitive the cycle is. I think there’s a waiting list for social welfare but idk… </p>
<p>I’m basing this on my major, public health, which is super impacted.</p>
<p>and plus, this question is specific so ask an advisor since it’s not safe to assume you can backdoor into it.</p>
<p>I’m interested in Social Welfare as well! Here’s what one of the transfer advisors told me via email, but it’s pretty general so it might not help.</p>
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<p>Like I said, it’s a pretty general statement, so it might not really be that helpful lol. Just throwing in my two cents.</p>
<p>Sorry to interrupt, but if I have Psych, Soci, and Stats done with, I could just add social welfare as a double major…right?</p>
<p>I mean, if I’m accepted as a Phil major, could I just add on Social Welfare in my first semester and become a double major?</p>
<p>The quote from the transfer advisor I put up above is with the assumption that prerequisites for both majors (PoliSci / Social Welfare in my case) are finished before transfer. So there’s a chance you have to way 1-2 semesters before you can declare it.</p>
<p>I actually did apply to CAL as a Social Welfare major. I have completed psych and soc and am in the processes of taking stats right now. I am somewhat confused as it being listed as an impacted major when if you look at the literature that Berkeley gave out about the percentage of transfers for Social Welfare it was around 45%. Can someone explain to me how that is possible if it is truly impacted?</p>
<p>They reserve some spots for transfer and not many people apply to it … thus the high acceptance rate. At Cal, however, it’s impacted since there’s a lots of current student wanting to declare it.</p>
<p>Oh ok I see… so that does mean though that 46% of transfers who applied to that major were accepted? I am kinda wishy washy with feeling confident. My GPA isn’t the strongest (3.7) but I did an AmeriCorps program that was full time community service for 10 months and completed over 1700 hrs of service plus I received a Bronze Congressional Medal of Service and The Presidential Service Award. I was really able to relate my experiences with the program into why I chose my major because it really did show me so many different social problems throughout the US. I do though have a few F’s from a semester I dropped out and didnt drop the classes back in '06 (out of state school in MT) I took time off and did AmeriCorps after that and now am doing really well. I wrote about that in my essay and I hope they don’t even consider the grades to calculate my gpa, they havent asked for offical transcripts and I am sure it will probably be more of just a pain for them to see what is transferable (I know they all arent because I got into The U of MT and they only factored in 2 classes) since I am not transferring any units from there.
ANyones anyone want to chance me please?</p>
<p>@ Victoria: You should be good. Upward trend looks great, EC’s/comm service are stellar, awards look pretty, and it seems to have a high admit rate. I’m like 85% sure you’re getting in, barring that you didn’t exclude any (bad, old grades) or have any odd mishaps in your app.</p>
<p>I am a current student at CAL and wanted to apply as a Social Welfare major, but ended up not doing so. The main reason why is that I heard that Social Welfare is actually a competitive major to transfer into. Also, if you declare as another major with the intention of switching into Social Welfare, I have heard it is hard to switch into. Unfortunately, I cannot find sources to back up these claims right now… but I remember thinking that at the time I was applying, so I must have had sources at the time.</p>
<p>The main reason that I am glad that I didn’t do Social Welfare, though, is that it is allowing me to take courses in the Poli Sci dep’t. I am a poli sci major and it is really, really hard to get into upper division poli sci classes if you are not a poli sci major. I don’t know how it is in other departments, but just because they put a Poli Sci class on an “approved list” of classes that you can take for the Social Welfare major does not mean that you will get into that class… often those classes are reserved for major within that department. Poli Sci seems to be pretty strict about that, but other departments may reserve some spaces for Social Welfare majors or may have more space in classes in general… not sure. Not saying it is impossible, but it may be more difficult to get into some classes since you are not technically in the department of the elective class you want to take.</p>
<p>In terms of doing a double major… doing an interdisciplinary major like Social Welfare is obviously a good way to go, since there may be overlap with your primary major. Unfortunately, few transfers seem to do double majors, but you should definitely try to go for it if you want: I think they automatically give double majors an extra semester and you may be able to petition for more. Be warned, if you want to do a double major and minor, you may not have a lot of room for electives that are totally unrelated.</p>
<p>I personally decided just to do a single major and not even do a minor. I wanted to graduate in two years and have some flexibility to take courses that looked interesting, so I thought this was my best option. I think it is harder to double major/minor as a transfer, so if you are going to do it, make sure you have as many pre-reqs out of the way as possible!</p>