<p>I was just wodering how the economics major at USC is? How good would it go with a double major in business? Is it as respectable as the business programme</p>
<p>MArshall is considered the 10th best business school in the nation</p>
<p>9th actually. I wanted to know more about the economics program though.</p>
<p>Nothing spectacular. I have yet to have an economics professor that was really compelling and interesting (I have 3 more econ classes to take after this semester), although I have learned some cool stuff in my courses. Many professors are foreign-born, so their English is not too great, but only occasionally does it actually interfere with ability to comprehend the material.</p>
<p>The econ dept definitely doesn't have the reputation or the resources that Marshall does, but you will definitely learn more analytical stuff in economics than in business, especially econometrics and intermediate macroeconomics. There are a number of interesting electives (developmental economics, economics of happiness, financial markets, banking) you may want to take if you choose to major or minor in it. Doing both econ and business will be great if you can fit it.</p>
<p>bump bump anyone else?</p>
<p>im sorry to say, the economics dept at USC is not very good at all. actually, its not particularly bad, but its far form being a strong program. they do offer a 5 yr bs+masters degree program, atleats when i was an undergrad. </p>
<p>but this might be irrelevant to your situation. i am guessing you want to be involved in some business related field after graduation. if i guessed right, you really should be a business major. but if i am wrong and you want to study econ b/c you are passionate about econ, then you should be looking into a school with a good econ program.</p>
<p>i majored in business and minored in econ. i really think econ is useless unless you are passionate about it and you want to get your masters/phd and do research. i minored in it because i always found economics relly interesting (im weird like that), i really should have double majored.</p>
<p>is it really that bad?</p>
<p>Have you considered taking econ at UCLA?</p>
<p>no, cause UCLA admits very few int’l students and i didnt apply there. But I applied to NYU and URochester along with USC and if admitted to all three, idk, what should i choose?</p>
<p>hmmm, but well since there is no ranking system for economics…</p>
<p>what if you were denied the major of Business@USC, however you could go into a General Studies <a href=“mailto:program@USC”>program@USC</a>. Would it be worth going to USC to appy to the business after freshman year? How hard is it to inter-transfer into Biz?</p>
<p>Now i regret about applying to SC!!! I should have applied to UMich or UVA instead!</p>
<p>Is there an econ major in CLAS?</p>
<p>^ Yes, my sister is in it.</p>
<p>Im doing Business undergrad and the progressive degree to add on an MA in econ with one extra year. Like a post above, I find econ interesting and getting an MA while being able to stay at USC for an extra year was a deal I couldnt pass up… and I didnt have to take the GRE, pay an application fee, write an essay or anything like that. </p>
<p>If you want to do the progressive degree with an MA in econ, make sure you keep a 3.5+ gpa though and apply with between 64-96 units.</p>
<p>how hard is it to transfer to Marshall from Econ at CLAS? I know the prereqs for internal transfer but in practicality, how hard is it? is it achievable?</p>
<p>econ may be harder and more analytical but when recruiting comes, the business students get the preferred treatment (and that’s what really matters)</p>
<p>and to the last post i’ve heard that a lot of people do undeclared and then declare biz over internally transferring</p>
<p>^Strange then that the average economics major makes more than the average business major. </p>
<p>Not saying one is better than the other, but I am saying that if you want to major in Econ, you shouldn’t NOT major in it because you think you’ll make more studying business.</p>
<p>hmm, i got accepted to CLAS as econ and im still waiting to hear back on trustee (might be relevant?). can i switch to business before class even starts?</p>
<p>similarly, i had wanted to double major in econ and ISE (in engineering), but after reading this thread, im not so sure anymore. can anyone compare econ, business, and ISE? thanks :D</p>
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<p>I know you said that applies to recruitment but I have heard that a B.S. in Economics is preferred when it comes to Grad School. And it’s all about getting M.B.A.'s, right?</p>