<p>Hey how good is UCSD for economics/business ?</p>
<p>"Economics (B.A)
Economics and Mathematics (B.A.)
Management Science (B.S.)"</p>
<p>[Best</a> Economics Programs | Top Economics Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings)
I feel these rankings are pretty good</p>
<p>^ those are for grad programs, fyi</p>
<p>it can still reflect on undergrad to some degree at least</p>
<p>Economics is a liberal arts major, which means that it is really hard to rank one’s economics program at an undergraduate level.</p>
<p>However, these are some of the factors when ranking economics program at undergraduate:</p>
<p>1) Strong Liberal Arts program for undergrad.(meaning Non-professonal; Ex. Harvard, Williams College, Duke, Northwestern)</p>
<p>2) Strong Undegrad. Business School (Ex. MIT, UPENN, Michigan, UVA, Berkeley)</p>
<p>3) Overall quality of undergrad. Ex. Top 20 schools in the US NEWS RANKING.
(It measures teaching ratio, faculty, strong body student, competiveness of school) </p>
<p>In other words, if an undergradaute is known to have strong liberal arts and have good teaching reputation, it is safe to assume that econmoics might be very good too.</p>
<p>Is economics at UCSD a difficult major when compared to history?</p>
<p>Compared to History, Econ is a difficult major. I majored in Econ and minored in History. For me, the history classes were extremely easy, they didn’t require a grade curve, and class attendance wasn’t necessary. I BS’d my way through many history exams. I could never do that in an Econ class. There’s no way you can go into a intermediate micro class without having studied and pass. Unless you’re “Good Will Hunting” or some s*#!, you will fail.</p>
<p>You’re only making use of the factors leading to UCSD’s high graduate ranking if you’re getting involved in research with faculty and/or taking doctoral seminars. UCSD is known for our Econometrics branch and that’s pretty much it.</p>
<p>Lecturing abilities are subpar by most professors in the department; the classes/rigor is way too easy unless you supplement it with more math courses or graduate courses; and the degree doesn’t seem to mean much by SD employers (internships/work experience means much more to them, and friends graduating with an Economics degree with none are still looking for jobs).</p>
<p>How good is UCSD in general?</p>
<p>I would look how good the school is for “business” not economics because most econ majors go after business jobs anyways. It is a good thing that UCSD started an accounting program. That will probably make UCSD more attractive to employers in the upcoming years.</p>
<p>can someone compare the academics at UCSD economics to UCI economics? thanks</p>
<p>Look at the chart on the second post</p>