<p>Hi, I’m currently doubling in Economics and Business - just created this account to hopefully help you out! </p>
<p>First, I’m not too sure about this, but I believe you have to apply to Haas directly when you submit your transfer application (i.e. can’t submit your application to L&S for Econ and hope to also transfer to Haas later). I’m not sure if the converse is true (i.e. if you applied to Haas, got in, and want to also double in Econ, which is in L&S).</p>
<p>On classes overlapping: As you might know, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics overlap. The Economics department requires you to take Micro and Macro with the Econ department (Econ 100A/Econ101A and Econ100B/Econ101B, respectively). Haas approves Econ 100A/101A and Econ 100B/101B as substitutes for the “business” Micro and Macro classes, but you need 38 upper division UGBA units, so you need to make up those units by taking “more” electives at Haas to make the 38 units. (See: <a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/pdf/requirements_for_degree_F12.pdf[/url]”>www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/pdf/requirements_for_degree_F12.pdf</a>)</p>
<p>From the Econ website: “Students completing double majors or simultaneous degrees are only allowed to overlap a maximum of two courses. This includes micro and/or macro economics.” This means that you are ONLY allowed to overlap Microeconomics and Macroeconomics if you’re doubling in Econ and Business. See the following link for the list of approved Econ classes: <a href=“https://www.econ.berkeley.edu/undergrad/current/major-requirements[/url]”>Major Requirements | Department of Economics;
<p>Difficulty: Both Econ and Business classes tend to be bell-curved, so your grade in both is your performance relative to your peers. A lot of people say that business classes tend harder because of the “Haas curve”, but from my experience, I don’t think this is necessarily true. Imo, if you know how to study (spending time learning concepts and actually doing problem sets instead of cramming everything at the last minute) and participate in discussions (mostly for business classes), you should probably be fine.</p>
<p>Finally, if it’s worth it: I’m pretty sure this varies on a case-by-case basis, ha. There are people who double because it’s not that hard to squeeze in both classes if you started taking upper-divs in your sophomore year. I’ve also heard some people say it’s not worth it, because econ and business are so “similar”. Some of my business friends really hate econ. Personally, I think it’s worth it, because I really like econ and what I want to get out of econ and business is pretty different. So I guess this might come down to (1) whether you can reasonably fit all the classes for both and (2) why you want to double. If you’re doubling for a job, I don’t know if it would really be worth it. Also, I’d imagine trying to fit your econ + business classes as a transfer might be kind of hard to do in two years. Don’t really know, though.</p>
<p>Just my two cents - let me know if anything’s unclear or if you have any other questions!</p>
<p>Side note on Stat 21: Yeah, most of the Econ transfers I knew had to do Stats 21 in their first fall semester. I think they said that it was because the stats they took at CC wasn’t calculus-based, but Stat 21 wasn’t really either, if I remember… kind of sucks.</p>