<p>Hi, for those with experience, what do you recommend a econ/biz-econ major take in fall quarter for incoming freshman?</p>
<p>Does this seem ok?</p>
<ul>
<li>Econ class</li>
<li>Math class</li>
<li>GE</li>
<li>GE</li>
</ul>
<p>Should we dive into econ classes already the fall quarter? Would it be too difficult? Thanks!</p>
<p>Econ major here.</p>
<p>Since it's your 1st quarter in college, I suggest taking only 3 classes. If you want to do a pre-major, do 1 at the most (if any at all). What I would do is 1 GE, 1 pre-major, and EngComp3, or a language, or another GE. Add a fiat lux too if you want.</p>
<p>Have you had any prior experience with Econ or Calculus? If you didn't have Calculus in high school (or didn't do well in it), I suggest you start out with Math 1 (Precalc). You'll be taking a math diagnostic anyway to determine where you should start off.</p>
<p>Thanks passerby.</p>
<p>I got a 4 on Calc BC exam, so what math should I start off? Maybe Math 31B? (By the way, what's the difference between Math 31B and Math 3B, which one should I take for econ major?)</p>
<p>For the 1 pre-major that you recommended, what class do you recommend I take? Which econ course?</p>
<p>And I was also considering taking a language, but from what it looks like on the registrar website, they're already on a waiting list!! awjef;oawjw</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Yeah for the econ major you're gonna need the Math 31 series, not 3 series. But since you got a 4 on AP Calc BC, you might have placed out of Math 31B (not sure on this, check it out yourself). But if you didn't place out, then yes you'll take Math 31B. If you're confident you know it well, you can take it along with an econ course your 1st quarter.</p>
<p>If you want to take an econ course, Econ 2 is your only choice since Econ 1 and 41 are both pretty much full. Unfortunately, Jack Hou is the only professor who teaches Econ 2 during fall, winter, and spring.</p>
<p>For Econ 2 with Prof. Hou: Bad lectures, he wont teach you anything, you'll have to learn on your own. Buy the lecture notes and take them to class. Read and understand the book. For the exams, do at LEAST 2-3 past exams (in full) and start studying early. Make sure you are an expert on doing those past exams because the exams he'll give are going to be just like those.</p>
<p>With regards a language, just do whatever you want to. You dont have to start now if you dont want. During the summer, they offer an intensive language course which is equivalent to 3 quarters of language instruction so you might find that an interesting option.</p>
<p>nope, you need a 5 to get out of math 31B. If you're planning on biz econ, you can actually finish the major plus an accounting minor by taking only 3 classes a quarter, if you plan it right. </p>
<p>I don't know if this holds true for all language classes, but for Chinese, you'll need to take a placement exam the week before school starts (it's ok if you don't know anything; you'll just get placed in chin1). Then you go to class and get a PTE # from the professor, and she lets everyone in, even if all the discussion sessions are full.</p>
<p>Thanks, guys.</p>
<p>sofakingwangsta: "If you're planning on biz econ, you can actually finish the major plus an accounting minor by taking only 3 classes a quarter, if you plan it right."</p>
<p>Do you mean I can finish biz-econ with accounting minor in 4 years with 3 classes per quarter? How do you advise to do this, or if possible, in even less time?</p>
<p>GE's: 10 courses</p>
<p>prereq to econ and accounting (exactly the same): econ 1, 2, 11, 41, 101, writing II course, management 1A, 1B, math 31A, 31B</p>
<p>upper div for econ major: econ 102, 103, 2 courses from the 106 series, 3 upper div econ courses, 4 upper div from (management 108, 120A, 120B, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127A, 127B, 130A, 130B, 140)</p>
<p>upper div for accounting minor: management 120A, 120B, 122, 127A, 3 courses from (management 108, 123, 124, 126, 127B, 130A)</p>
<p>As you can see, the major and minor almost completely overlap, except for the last three extra upper div courses (that you can choose) for the acc. minor.</p>
<p>I was following the schedule I came up with for a year, before I switched out of the major.</p>
<p>1st year:
fall- DESMA10 (GE #1), eng comp 3, psychobio15 (GE #2), marching band
winter- math 31B, econ 1, history 2C (GE #3)
spring- econ 2, eng comp 100 (writing II), chinese 3A (foreign language req.)</p>
<p>2nd year:
fall- econ11, mng. 1A, GE #4
winter- econ 41, mng 1B, GE #5
spring- econ 101, econ upper div #1, GE #6</p>
<p>3rd year:
fall- mng 120A, econ102, GE #7
winter- mng. 120B, econ 103, GE #8
spring- mng 122, econ upper div #2, GE #9</p>
<p>4th year:
fall- econ 106 series #1, mng 127A, (accounting) mng upper div #1
winter- econ 106 series #2, (accounting) mng upper div #2, GE #10
spring- econ upper div #3, (accounting) mng upper div #3, [room for mistake :)]</p>
<p>There's also always the option of summer school if you screwed up somewhere along the way...</p>
<p>actually, if you have to take three quarters of foreign language, then you might have to do 4 classes for one or two quarters. On the plus side though, if you got 5's on the AP for micro & macro econ, calc AB and BC, then you can skip out of a few classes.</p>
<p>The schedule I have for 1st year and 2nd year is pretty solid. What I put down for 3rd and 4th year is sorta on the gray side; I'm not sure whether those classes are offered those specific quarters. However, you can switch them around pretty easily without screwing anything up.</p>
<p>passerby: would that be an ok schedule? I don't know how hard the upper divs are, and if taking certain two/three classes together would be too much of a workload.</p>
<p>Another tip: (works for all students in college of letters & science)</p>
<p>honors program gets you priority enrollment. I wasn't originally in it, but all you have to do to get in is to get 3.5 (I think) GPA or above your first quarter. All you have to do is to take one honors class (5 units) your spring quarter to stay in for the following year. They check to see if you've met the required # of honors units taken for that year after spring quarter. I don't plan on staying in honors, but by taking that one class, it will get me priority enrollment for all three quarters of my 2nd year before I get dropped out of the program. This really helps if you're a first year and only have freshmen/sophomore standing.</p>
<p>I would recommend eng. comp 100 for that one class. It would take care of your writing II requirement, and it is also on the 'masters list', so the units count for honors too. Two birds with one stone. :) Not to mention the class is hella easy, if you have Fallows.</p>
<p>Stupid question - </p>
<p>What do those numbers in front of the class name on the planner mean?</p>
<p>Never mind, figured it out.</p>
<p>sofaking,</p>
<p>that sched looks pretty good. i'm only about to enter my 3rd year so i dont know for sure. This fall will be my 1st time trying to do 3 upper div econ/mgmt classes (plus im doing a langauge class as a 4th class)</p>
<p>note to the OP: remember that to graduate, you also need to complete 180 units minimum, so while doing 3 classes per quarter may satisfy your major and GE requirements, it might not reach 180 units</p>