"Economics and Accounting" Major

mikemac
Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:37:22 +0000

i wonder why there isn’t a simple finance or accounting degree. also, what’s the point behind “econ and accounting?”

What you’ve stumbled into is a philosophical divide that animates professors who have nothing more significant to argue about. The mission of the UC system is research, and the classes it teaches undergrads are supposed to be based on that idealistic principle. They refuse to dirty their hands with practical classes; if you want those go to the CSU system that has dozens of majors that teach you something practical. The UC system tolerates engineering, but makes it reside in its own college outside of Letters & Science. In fact the UC system purged itself of other majors, such as journalism, that were seen as too “applied”. So the only way to sneak in accounting is to hide it behind an “Econ and …” major.