<p>Hey I'm a Junior Haas/Econ double major. I was wondering if there's anyway to get around Haas's "graduate in 2 years or else, punk." I intend to go to graduate school in an engineering field, so there's a lot of things I need to take care of here at undergrad. Is there I can, you know, just not leave and stick around til the fall proceeding my "graduation" by not fulfilling a requirement or two, perhaps. Just wondering if anyone had an advice or experience they could share.</p>
<p>Well, I'm not sure about Haas specific things, but I do know L and S recently (2004) instituted a far stricter unit cap than before, and I have no idea how much they allow it to bend, but I would guess not much. Colleges in general don't kick their students out right at the end of a 4th year. And back in the day, when there were essentially no post-bac programs for medical school courses, for instance, many students stayed after they comleted what they needed to in order to graduate (generally 4 years) in order to take the necessary pre-med courses. I'm not sure if the L and S stuff applies to you once you're in Haas or not. Personally, I think the l and s requirements are a little too strict.</p>
<p>TakeAStepBack2: If you do not ecomplete Haas in two years, you will not graduate with a business degree. Leaving a few requirements undone would mean that you did not complete your degree as a UC Berkeley student. You would instead have to finish as a UC Extension student, not a Berkeley student. I would complete your requirements for Haas in two years; Haas grants one extra semester if you are doing non-Haas requirements.</p>
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Hey I'm a Junior Haas/Econ double major. I was wondering if there's anyway to get around Haas's "graduate in 2 years or else, punk." I intend to go to graduate school in an engineering field, so there's a lot of things I need to take care of here at undergrad.
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<p>Uh, so you want to double in Haas-Econ, yet go to engineering grad school? </p>
<p>I have 2 things to say about that: #1, if you just want to be an engineer, then i would say that you just go and study engineering. And #2, I don't particularly recommend a double-major either, because the truth is, nobody really cares. Employers don't care much, and grad schools don't care much about doubles. Plenty of people who double-major don't get the job that they want or the grad school that they want, in fact often times losing out to somebody who got just a single-major.</p>