<p>what are ucla's strongest majors? does it lean towards the humanities or the sciences or pre-professional? i mean, obviously it's good overall...but does it have a particularly strong dept in one field?</p>
<p>the majors that CCers are under.</p>
<p>In all due seriousness, I think bus-econ is pretty good.</p>
<p>to tell you the truth, UCLA is one of those schools that has all around strong majors. All of them are pretty strong. I can't think of any that are weak.</p>
<p>biology! haha.</p>
<p>Neuroscience is strong.</p>
<p>i also think UCLA is strong all-around. as in every major is one of the top in the nation, but not the very brty top, and none of them standout because they're all good.</p>
<p>it'd probably be easier for you to name which departments you're interested in and for us to comment on its strength (or weakness)</p>
<p>how bout econ?</p>
<p>business economics is very strong (solid econ department + management classes taken at the Anderson School) and very popular... too popular in fact. many of the (regular) economics majors are considered the business-economics rejects (though certainly there are exceptions).</p>
<p>Econ is a top 10-15 department. I've seen it usually hover around 10-13 in most rankings.</p>
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[<em>]Business Economics
[</em>]Psychology
[<em>]Electrical Engineering
[</em>]Political Science
[li]Ethnomusicology[/li][/list]</p>
<p>Philosophy, English, History are pretty solid, generally speaking. Oh yeah, Film, anyone?</p>
<p>what about biophysics?</p>
<p>
Look at the requirements: It should be strong too. </p>
<p>Preparation
Required: Physics 1A or 1AH, 1B or 1BH, 1C or 1CH, 4AL, 4BL, 17, M88; Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A, 20B, 30A, 30B; Life Sciences 2, 3 or 3H, 4; Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, 32B, 33A. Recommended: Life Sciences 1, Mathematics 33B, Physics 18L.</p>
<p>Major</p>
<p>Required: Physics 105A, 110A, 110B, 115A, 115B, 131, M180G, 191; Chemistry and Biochemistry 110A, 153A; Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 100, 104. Recommended: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 171, Physics 108, 117, 140B, C185, guided research in chemistry and biochemistry, molecular, cell, and developmental biology, or physics.</p>
<p>thanks! it does seem strong, lots of high-level classes.</p>
<p>design is pretty strong</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, UCLA's pre-medical majors are strong in general.</p>
<p>Yeah, history does have a good reputation. ;)</p>
<p>Design is very strong as demonstrated by the competition to get into the program and the success students experience upon graduation (getting jobs).</p>
<p>Actually speaking of History... One day I'm walking over around Bunche and a campus tour was taking place off to the side of me. According to the tour guide the History department here is ranking in the top 10 in the nation. Now I know the tour guide was trying to sell the school, but considering I'm in the department and had never heard that, I found it interesting.</p>
<p>allena,</p>
<p>Are you kidding me? Really? I had at least two history professors tell me so during office hours. Umm...who were they... Philips and Huang.</p>
<p>BTW, Philips may be an ass, but he's a great professor and outstanding lecturer.</p>