Unpopular Majors

Applying to College
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<p>Hey I just had a question! What are some unpopular majors particularly in the UC system?</p>

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<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm&lt;/a&gt; indicates that, at Berkeley, some unpopular majors for the graduating class of 2013 are:</p>

<p>Too few to list career survey data (probably <5):</p>

<p>African American studies
Asian studies
Chinese language
Italian
Latin American studies
Middle Eastern studies
Nuclear engineering
Scandinavian</p>

<p>Fewer than 20 graduates:</p>

<p>Near Eastern studies
Landscape architecture
Forestry and natural resources
Genetics and plant biology
Religious studies
South and Southeast Asian studies
German</p>

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<p>Would this mean than it would be more competitive to be admitted in or easier?</p>

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<p>Huh. I would not expect there to be so few Chinese or Asian Studies majors at Cal. Does Cal only allow 1 major per student (no double majors) now?</p>

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<p>Berkeley is the only UC with a NukeE program…</p>

<p>Yep, Cal still has double majors:</p>

<p><a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/double.html”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/double.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Nuclear engineering may be easier to get admitted to than other majors in the College of Engineering, which admits by major (but changing major to another College of Engineering major requires applying to do so with a sufficiently high GPA). But most of the other majors are in the College of Letters and Science, which does not admit by major, and which has all frosh enter undeclared (a few popular majors are capacity limited, so entering the major after taking the prerequisites requires a higher college GPA). Some majors are in the College of Environmental Design or College of Natural Resources, which probably do not admit by major.</p>

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<p>The foreign language and literature majors are generally not popular (Spanish and Portuguese, French, and Japanese language had just over 20 graduates each in the class of 2013), even though there may be many more students taking the foreign language courses. Asian studies is not Asian American studies; the latter is included in ethnic studies.</p>

<p>Having more than one major is allowed.</p>

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<p>I know with UCLA your major doesn’t matter unless you’re in engineering or arts</p>