Why is it PRE-(Bus. Eco)?

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<p>Amazing, how would you compare Math/Econ to Econ and Business Econ in terms of career opportunities?</p>

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<p>if i’m accepted, hopefully i can keep up with the pace and be on the same level as some students in the poli. sci. major. i’m scared i’m not “smart” enough =\ being on these boards kinda makes me doubt myself sometimes. i’ll just have to step it up and hit the ground running if i’m accepted at UCLA. aaaand, the school is only 25 minutes from my house! =] lol</p>

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<p>“Amazing, how would you compare Math/Econ to Econ and Business Econ in terms of career opportunities?”</p>

<p>Haha well remember that you are comparing specializations within literally the same department haha. So if you want to compare them, we’re talking about the arguably marginal differences between them. If you realllllly had to compare:</p>

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<p>Econ beats the other business degrees (accounting, bus admin, finance, marketing) and Math beats Econ. So in terms of general benefit… I would say they’re all the same.</p>

<p>Now if we’re talking about specific goals, then it’s different. If you want to work for the Big 4/Accounting then go Bus Econ with a minor in Accounting (obvious). If you want to become an economist/analyst for the government or become a researcher, then Math/Econ. For anything other than that (marketing, management, human resources, etc…) it’s not gonna matter.</p>

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<p>"if i’m accepted, hopefully i can keep up with the pace and be on the same level as some students in the poli. sci. major. i’m scared i’m not “smart” enough ="</p>

<p>UCLA students are not smart. I’ve met extremely dumb people and I’ve met brilliant people.
We only share one common characteristic, and that is not intelligence, it’s WORK ETHIC.</p>

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<p>haha you’re totally awesome, amazing!
I’ve become such a thread hijacker! lol</p>

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<p>Sweet. I have no interest in Accounting so I guess Math/Econ should keep me open to either Analyst positions or stuff like Sales.</p>

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<p>UCLA economics majors will definantly find a job somewhere in California and will have great chances on getting into one of the “Big Four”.</p>

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<p>after you take econ 11, 41, 101 and 102, are the other upper division economics courses graded on a curve? is econ 11, 41, 101, and 102 all graded on a curve or just some of them?</p>

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<p>“UCLA economics majors will definantly find a job somewhere in California and will have great chances on getting into one of the “Big Four”.”</p>

<p>You have no idea how TRUE this is. I was outside the dorm having a cigarette one night and a random guy asked to bum one off of me. We ended up talking and discussing business/economics for a good while. He then offered me a referral to his boss at PricewaterhouseCoopers (Big 4 accounting firm) and asked that I just send him my resume and I would get an interview for an internship. I considered it… but two weeks later I told him I appreciated it, but that’s not the field I wanted to go into.</p>

<p>A friend of mine is a Bus Econ major and got an internship currently for The Walt Disney Company.</p>

<p>The networking here is just crazy. Not to say that other schools don’t have good networking.</p>

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<p>“after you take econ 11, 41, 101 and 102, are the other upper division economics courses graded on a curve? is econ 11, 41, 101, and 102 all graded on a curve or just some of them?”</p>

<p>They’re all graded on a curve. However, Econ 11, 41, and 101 are weeder classes and so the curve is specifically to “weed people out”. Mean is curved to B- (2.7-3.0ish)</p>

<p>Once you get past the weeder classes, upper div econ is still on a curve. But it’s not a bad curve or anything, it’s just like any normal curve that would actually help you. Seriously once you’re in the major it’s a lot more lenient. Don’t even worry about upper div… it’s so hard to get kicked out once you’re in that like you have to have picked up a crack smoking habit to get kicked out.</p>

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<p>thanks for being so helpful with the answers. also, I wanted to ask, is it really stressful being an economics major? Will you have spare time to hang out with people at night or on the weekends? How many classes do you usually take per quarter and how many hours do you usually study- do you choose to study day by day or a week before midterm or all-nighter, and what other courses do you take to fulfill all the units you need to get a degree because don’t you need 20 or so more units in addition to the economics requirements?</p>

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<p>how important is your preparation in intro to micro and macro economics that we take before we transfer? because it’s hard trying to find a good professor at a community college who actually teaches, everywhere i look i see economics professors who basically talk about things that are unrelated to the text and test you on that instead of the text. Are professors going to be like that at a UC?</p>

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<p>“is it really stressful being an economics major? Will you have spare time to hang out with people at night or on the weekends?”</p>

<p>It is during midterms and finals, but everybody is in that same boat. Will you have time for a social life? Hell yeahs haha. Going into business you should be a social person anyways. I’ve been having a blast. I still have time to go party on the weekends, take classes at the recreation center, play intramural sports, and anything else normal people do.</p>

<p>“How many classes do you usually take per quarter and how many hours do you usually study- do you choose to study day by day or a week before midterm or all-nighter”</p>

<p>Take 3 your first quarter to get used to it (recommended by everyone), and then 4 every quarter after that (the normal amount). I study day by day because I don’t procrastinate, this gives me the ability to do literally no work on friday/saturday and not be behind. It’s not unusual to pull a few all nighters, but that’s really just during midterms/finals.</p>

<p>“what other courses do you take to fulfill all the units you need to get a degree because don’t you need 20 or so more units in addition to the economics requirements?”</p>

<p>For bus econ, you usually end up getting the accounting minor also. So that takes up just about all of your required units. If you are doing just pure Econ major like me, you’ll end up with extra units need to graduate (180 units, 90 of which need to be upper div). I fill it up by taking whatever management classes I can.</p>

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<p>“how important is your preparation in intro to micro and macro economics that we take before we transfer?”</p>

<p>You should have a good mastery of Econ 1. Econ 2 won’t be used until you take Econ 102, which is wayyyy later after you’re already in the major.</p>

<p>“everywhere i look i see economics professors who basically talk about things that are unrelated to the text and test you on that instead of the text. Are professors going to be like that at a UC?”</p>

<p>This varies wildy professor to professor. Just check their reviews/ratings on bruinwalk and choose the right one for you. For weeder classes you won’t really have a choice cause it’s usually just 1 prof teaching it per quarter (300 people). There are good and bad professors just like anywhere else. Econ 41 with Brown… terrible professor. Just teaching yourself the material basically. But I had Econ 11 with Sproul, and I can honestly say that was one of the best professors/teachers I’ve ever had in my life.</p>

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<p>Amazing, I don’t think I remember ANYTHING from Econ 1 (180, macro); it was taken like a year and half ago, and to make matters worse, it was online and suupperr easy . . . I learned absolutely nothing in that class. But that was before I decided to major in econ…</p>

<p>am I in trouble?</p>

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<p>i meant econ 1 or econ 2 at a community college, would it matter at all as long as you have a decent grasp of the concepts?</p>

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<p>“I don’t think I remember ANYTHING from Econ 1 (180, macro); it was taken like a year and half ago”</p>

<p>Oh dang I forgot, was Econ 1 macro? Whichever it is… the important one is Intro to Micro. Because Econ 11 and 101 are both micro classes. Econ 102 is a macro class, however you don’t take it until you’re already in the major, and my friends say 102 is easier than 101.</p>

<p>So yeah, the important thing is Micro. Just make sure you have a good grasp of the concepts thats all. Supply and Demand, people make rational decisions, etc… There’s not really much to remember anyways because Intro to Micro was so basic and general. Don’t worry about it.</p>

<p>If you enjoy learning about wealth both at the personal and market level then Econ is for you. How to get the most out of something while spending the least to get it.</p>

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<p>For bus econ, you usually end up getting the accounting minor also. So that takes up just about all of your required units. If you are doing just pure Econ major like me, you’ll end up with extra units need to graduate (180 units, 90 of which need to be upper div). I fill it up by taking whatever management classes I can.</p>

<p>You almost gave me a heart attack. UCLA catalog says 60 has to be upper div., not 90, just so ya know.</p>

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<p>“You almost gave me a heart attack. UCLA catalog says 60 has to be upper div., not 90, just so ya know.”</p>

<p>Oh haha yeah my bad. I’ll go edit that post. 90 doesn’t make sense. I was thinking semester units instead of quarter.</p>

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<p>econ 1 macro? which college was that, because i’ve heard macro is supposedly harder than micro?</p>