UC Berkeley Haas question (probably silly?)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Okay, so if im not mistaken from my research.... You can only receive one degree from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (Business Administration) at the undergraduate level. You also do not enter Haas until junior year?</p>

<p>If I plan on applying Economics this should be L&S so I dont have to worry about the whole Business school business (pun intended) right? </p>

<p>On a side note.... would I have an easier time at Berkeley through its Economics program than its Engineering program, or would they be relatively the same in competition/grades? I was always under the impression that L&S is easier, but I do know Econ is an impacted major at Cal. </p>

<p>Thanks! Just another curious question from a UC hopeful..</p>

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<p>Your first two paragraphs about Haas and econ are all true. To add to them, everyone who’s pre-Haas applies to the major in the fall of the sophomore year (except in rare cases) and hears back in the spring of the same school year. Also, everyone who’s pre-Haas is technically just “undeclared” in L & S (those who get into Haas then leave L & S and become part of Haas); everyone who’s pre-econ and econ (already declared) are also L & S. </p>

<p>To answer your question, if you are applying as an intended econ major, you don’t need to worry about Haas. However, the pre-reqs are very similar for the two majors (Haas requires UGBA 10; econ requires one intermediate econ class) so a lot of students apply to Cal in either major then double major (if they get into Haas). </p>

<p>To comment on Econ vs. Engineering, most people are in either department (but not both) based on interest (which you should use to decide, ultimately).</p>

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<p>^^ Wow thanks for clearing that up a bunch. The 1st paragraph was hugely helpful.</p>

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<p>Glad it was helpful. If you are debating between econ and business, you can always take like pre-reqs for both majors + breadths + R & Cs your first semester to give you time to decide. It’s a little more difficult to do that with Engineering and business/econ since those programs are in different colleges.</p>