I am a transfer student that has tagged to UCSB for Econ and Accounting. Does anyone in the major, has been in the major, or has extensive knowledge of it have any info about it? I have read all UCSB’s info that they have on their website but it doesn’t have much detail. How economics heavy is it vs how accounting heavy? Is it a good choice for someone who didn’t dislike Econ but didn’t love it either and loves accounting? If not should I go to another school? I got a B in intro to micro and a B in intro to macro at my CC, but they were once a week night classes that I could have put more effort into to get an A. I read online that the economics courses at UCSB can get pretty intense especially Econ 10A. I know they got rid of the curve on Econ 10A. Is it still crazy hard to get the B to get into the major or is it easier now? How is the recruitment vs somewhere like CSULB or UCR?
Hello. I am also a future transfer student and I also want to major in Accounting. I heard that recruitment is good at UCSB. A lot of the Big 4 go there to look for talent. However, I have also heard that their program doesn’t prepare you to take the CPA exam, if that’s something you’d like to pursue (I don’t know if that’s true though). It’s not a bad idea to go to a CSU though. A lot of CSU systems offer Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting if you’re leaning towards a degree in Business Administration. A CSU gives more hands on learning and prepares you to get a job, while UC schools are theory based and prepare you for graduate school. UCSB has a beautiful campus though and a good social atmosphere. So it depends on what your long term plans are and what you desire in a school. I think what matters most is your GPA for Accounting when you look for a job. I’ve heard that people with great GPA’s (3.5+) from CSULB got jobs like a piece of cake. Other people who got like a 2.5 had a hard time finding work.
The UCSB website has a major requirements sheet for the economics and accounting major:
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2015_Majors/LS/Econ/Econ-Accounting-BA-2015.pdf
A quick browse shows that the major is a pretty even split between economics and accounting (F through I on the sheet are actually accounting classes in the economics major).
If you’re someone who can handle taking around 8-10 economics classes, around 3-4 of them upper-division economics courses, then you should be ok. If you want a more straight business/accounting oriented degree going somewhere else might be best.