<p>How's UCSbB's economics and accounting major compared to UCD and GWU?</p>
<p>From looking at UC Davis’ [accounting</a> course availability](<a href=“http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/UCDWebCatalog/programs/GSM/GSMcourses.html]accounting”>http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/UCDWebCatalog/programs/GSM/GSMcourses.html), it’s safe to say that UCSB has a far more comprehensive set of course offerings [in</a> that area](<a href=“http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/courses.html]in”>http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/courses.html). It’s my understanding that the Econ and Accounting degree is supposed to put you a good position to eventually take the CPA exam - but I recall reading that sometime in the next few years, people will need to take more accounting coursework in order to be able to sit for the exam, so I’m guessing things will change substantially by the time you graduate from college. (Wait, found [a</a> link](<a href=“http://www.calcpa.org/Content/licensure/requirements.aspx]a”>CPA Requirements).)</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about George Washington University’s program, but I would think that any place that offers a PhD in accounting must take the subject seriously.</p>
<p>Anyone know how the UCSB econ program compares to the Bus. Admin program at UCI?</p>
<p>That’s kind of an apples-to-oranges comparison. The only really (mildly) comparable majors are maybe UCSB’s Econ and Accounting major versus UCI’s Business Administration major with an emphasis in Accounting. It looks like the schools have generally similar Accounting course offerings ([url=<a href=“UCI General Catalogue Archives”>UCI General Catalogue Archives]UCI[/url</a>] and [url=<a href=“UC Santa Barbara General Catalog - Economics”>http://my.sa.ucsb.edu/Catalog/Current/CollegesDepartments/ls-intro/econ.aspx?DeptTab=Courses]UCSB[/url</a>] course offerings).</p>
<p>But if you’re comparing UCSB’s plain Economics major to UCI’s Business Administration major, it’s just like comparing any econ major to any business one - UCSB’s plain Economics courses cover more abstract material, while UCI’s courses cover the topic of management itself as well as marketing. As far as both schools’ plain Economics majors go, that would probably be a more fair comparison, probably because they don’t really appear to differ that much.</p>
<p>I can’t speak to job placement for any of the majors I’ve mentioned, but I would imagine that UCI’s location helps in terms of having the opportunity to intern with more companies close to the university, and that’s a plus.</p>
<p>People talk a lot about how UCI’s location helps econ and business majors… I don’t really see it. Unless you take the time to engage and maximize your resources, UCI doesn’t have anything over UCSB. I wouldn’t go to UCI just for the fact that theres corporations near it. I heard there aren’t much things to do in UCI compared to UC Davis and UCSB.</p>
<p>I hear the recruiting for Econ/Acct majors is pretty strong at UCSB</p>
<p>Just dropping in to say something about UCSB’s job recruitment strength.</p>
<p>I graduated from UCSB in 2010 - Business econ with emphasis in accounting major. Recruitment for jobs is strong. I’m now an analyst for a world renowned institution, two friends got in the IRS, several people from my graduating class are spread out within the big 4 and other local to mid size accounting firms. However, there are still those still looking for a break/job because of the economy. But the fact of the matter is that UCSB is able to give us a chance to talk to recruiters and compete for jobs…even if we were 100 miles away from LA (the nearest biggest city to us).</p>
<p>Byla you talked about how you and a few of your friends were able to get amazing jobs cause you did Bus/Econ at UCSB and there are also some who cant find a Job.
Is this because you had a good GPA and did well in your interview?</p>
<p>And my second question is, when i looked at the majors available it doesn’t say Business Economics; Just Economics.</p>
<p>@shan91shan: Business Econ is now Econ & Accounting</p>