Be aware: A potential disadvantage of UCSB

UCSBstud949
Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:40:38 +0000

There are some academic advisers at the Econ. Dept. My point is I don’t think it’s the University’s fault. Nobody’s going to babysit you in college. Tell your son that he can find the advisers on the same building (North Hall) he’s been taking most of his upper division classes. And there’s no wait as most people don’t need academic advising. Here’s a link also for list of courses to take …it’s very straightforward. If you notice some sections require only 2-4 classes but there are a lot more classes the Econ Dept. offer to fulfill the requirements. http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/undergrad/undergraduate_majors.htm#acct

P.S. Comment about your previous post :

" When I complained that son dropped a class, he said, “I can’t believe you’re mad about this – other people in my (SBCC/UC) dorm have fdropped ALL their classes, and they’re just partying.” "



UC students living in the dorm can’t drop all their classes otherwise they’ll get kicked out of the dorm. If you fall below 36 units for the school year you get a warning. But for students who aren’t good at prioritizing their studies they end up sticking with the minimum. Everyone is warned during orientation that taking only the minimum number of units is not going to be enough to get you done in 4 years. You need 180 credit units to graduate (ave. of 15 quarter units per quarter). I bet your son’s having too much of a great time at UCSB…I can’t blame him. Some students prolong their studies because they can afford to and are having a blast.