"Economics and Accounting" Major

flushmaverick
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:21:19 +0000

I just saw the major sheet for this new major, and I thought some of you guys would be interested.

Some background from [College of Letters and Science Executive Committee Action Items (pdf)](http://www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/files/Action%20Minutes%20-%201-12-2009.pdf):

The Faculty Executive Committee unanimously endorsed the revised proposals from the Department of Economics for its proposed changes to the Economics majors, including the establishment of the Economics and Accounting major and eventual discontinuance of the Business Economics major during a transition period that honors the commitment to students who have declared this major. The Economics proposals and the committee’s endorsement will be forwarded for action to the Undergraduate Council.



Economics and Accounting major sheet: [ECONOMICS AND ACCOUNTING MAJOR, B.A. – 2009-2010 (pdf)](http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/majors/0910-versions/Economics%20and%20Accounting%20BA%202009.pdf)

It looks to have mostly the same pre-major classes as Business Economics (along with the same 2.85 GPA requirement), except that the Math 34A-B seems to be the only accepted math sequence. There’s also a class listed as ECON 10A, but I think that’s supposed to be 100A because 100B is listed as the first full-major course (and 100A is required for that).

Personally, I’d like to declare this major if I can. I’d heard about it in the spring, but this is the first documentation I’ve seen for it.