<p>Has anyone transferred into this program?
It's a 4 year bachelor's and you're given a master's after a fifth year.</p>
<p>Or rather, for a transfer student you'd get your bachelor's in 2 and an MS in 3.</p>
<p>Just wondering about people's experiences or if you've heard something.</p>
<p>damn! that is a good program.
never heard of it sadly. Wish my uni did something like that.</p>
<p>They have a similar EECS program at Cal. These kinds of programs usually aren’t available to transfers, because it requires you to take graduate courses before you complete your undergrad degree – and most transfers haven’t taken any UD courses, so they need all 4 semesters/6 quarters to do UD work. That is, this option is typically available to people that could probably graduate in 3 years; at least that’s what I’ve read.</p>
<p>what does UD stand for?</p>
<p>You mean this program? [UC</a> Santa Cruz - Economics - Graduate Program - Dual Degree Program](<a href=“Graduate Program”>Graduate Program)</p>
<p>I currently go to UCSC and I’ve seen/heard about this program a lot last year (not so much this year). I just realized how great of a program that is. I’m a VERY skeptical person when it comes to people saying “Oh, UC__ is ranked number 2 in the country for -insert major here-.” </p>
<p>However, nearly all the econ grad students I know at UCSC are really liking the department. I personally worked with 3 of them and all 3 have been getting exclusive offers from the IMF, World Bank, and some offers for consulting (just with their masters). Might be a great idea if you want to pursue a PhD or if you want to work with the white house/government in the future (several professors here do that).</p>
<p>Edit: UD means upper division</p>
<p>ohh, duhh of course it does.</p>
<p>yeah I’m already getting my courses planned out</p>
<p>UCLA offers a similar program (Departmental Scholars) except you can get both your bachelors and masters in 4 years (as opposed to 5) as a freshman. However if you want, you’re allowed to take an extra year. In the case for transfers, an extra year is pretty much unavoidable. So you would spend a total of 3 years at UCLA as a transfer, but get a bachelors and a masters.</p>
<p>Departmental Scholars isn’t limited to just Econ. This program exists for tons of majors.
[College</a> Honors Academics](<a href=“http://www.honors.ucla.edu/dspguidelines.html]College”>http://www.honors.ucla.edu/dspguidelines.html)</p>