<p>I never realized that they even had this major. Can you switch into this major once your at UCLA since its not impacted? Can it lead to a career in accounting?</p>
<p>It’s not an accounting major, it’s geared towards economics students considering graduate school.</p>
<p>It’s not an accounting major, but one can pursue a career in accounting with this degree. </p>
<p>To add, I believe there’s an accounting minor at UCLA. </p>
<p>Logos, math/econ doesn’t always = grad school</p>
<p>Yes you can do accounting, I believe you should do applied mathematics, however you can ask the department if the major you are looking at is also good for accounting. UCLA is cool since it has alot of concentrations for the mathematics major.</p>
<p>One could always pursue painting with this degree, but it might not prove too helpful. Math/econ usually does imply graduate school, because most other people don’t need algebra/analysis/probability theory in conjunction with economics courses.</p>
<p>It’s not necessary, but an education in economics along with showing that you’re quantitatively strong can steer you into accounting. Or at least give you an edge over others.</p>
<p>With that said, math/econ degrees are great preparation for graduate study so I get what you’re saying. But to imply that it’s not a degree that will help you pursue a career in accounting (if that’s what you were saying) is incorrect, imo.</p>
<p>Well, just for the record, I do plan on going to grad school, and the description of this major on the UCLA math department website also states that it is a good preparation for an MBA. And it also is possible to take this with the Accounting minor that they have at UCLA.</p>
<p>However, my main question is whether you can transfer into this major once your already transferred to UCLA with another major from the College of Letters and Sciences. The major is not impacted and it also does not say you cannot transfer into it like the business economics major and econ major says.</p>
<p>I believe that you should be able to transfer into it. I emailed the econ department and was told that you need a 3.9gpa to switch into it. The Math/Econ major is part of the math department, so it’s not as tough. Emailing the department is probably your best bet.</p>
<p>Math/Econ is actually better for people planning on going to Banking (Commercial & Investment) and Actuarial Industry, which are quant. heavy. Accounting industry do not require higher level math beyond basic algebra. What’s more important are management (accounting) courses rather than the math courses. Big 4 won’t even pick you for interview if you don’t have Accounting courses on your transcript, so choosing this major for Accounting career is a bad move. You should always include Accounting courses into your curriculum (this doesn’t mean you necessarily have to be BizEcon or Accounting Minor, just take all the core Accounting courses and include them in your resume, and you’ll be fine).</p>
<p>Unless you really love math, don’t switch. The major won’t really significantly give you a boost into MBA and won’t prepare or help you get into Accounting industry. Stay with the easier major (Econ or BizEcon), get high GPA, mix some accounting courses into curriculum, and focus on getting internship at a Big 4. Once you are at that position, you are pretty much set for Accounting job after you graduate. Get CPA during your first year and get 10% raise in the salary. After that, diligently do your work and build experience and knowledge for 3-5 years, and make good impression, satisfy your boss/supervisor, get good letter of recommendation from him/her, then head off to MBA. </p>
<p>Your performance in that firm will determine whether you’ll get into good MBA or not, NOT your undergrad. major.
Now if you are looking at Ph.D in Economics, then that’s a completely different story.</p>
<p>What’s the story if you’re looking at a PhD in economics? :)</p>
<p>You can change into Math/ECon easily. None of the math majors are impacted.
I think you can even change b4 you complete all the preqs.
Math /Econ is 7 math courses 6 econ courses (or 8/7) - point being it is in the Math department b/c it has 1 more math than econ course.</p>
<p>You can work in accounting if you minor in accounting at UCLA- they have good placement in big 4. You can do the 106 series of courses in the summer being a math/econ major if you want some investing/finance background. </p>
<p>Math/econ is good for </p>
<p>Actuarial work (UCLA will semi prep you for the first two exams if you pick the correct electives in your math/econ degree)
MBA
Grad school- MFE - very good for MFE (masters of financial engineering)</p>
<p>Thanks a lot dhl3 for all your info. But it is too hard to get into the Econ or Bizecon majors so that is why I was looking into Math/Econ. And then I was going to take the Accounting Minor and get a CPA before I get a job. Is this advisable? Or should I go to another school with an Accounting major altogether?</p>
<p>If you take Accounting Minor and get decent enough grade (B and above), you will likely to get an interview for one of the Big 4 firms, and if you do fine in the interview you will get the position. Remember, getting a B.A/B.S. is a requirement BEFORE you can seat for CPA exam. </p>
<p>The first option for you you should be to get a job position secured BEFORE you graduate. This means if you are graduating on June, you should have your job secured by March/April so you have somewhere to go after you are out of school. This means you are not going to have CPA by then. You can always get your CPA while you work there.</p>
<p>If for whatever reason you aren’t able to secure a job before then, THEN you should study during that Summer, take all CPA exam ASAP so you can apply for a full-time position. At least that way you have that powerful credential called CPA to back yourself up. That’s your best bet.</p>
<p>BTW, BizEcon is actually pretty tough. You may “switch” into BizEcon major after you transfer as long as you fulfill it’s lower-division requirement (MGMT 1A and 1B) and get 3.5 combined from Econ 11 and Econ 101 (Basically one A and one B), which can be difficult. But one thing is you must be admitted as one of the Econ department majors, or it’s impossible to switch into BizEcon.</p>
<p>Its not necessarily true you have to go to graduate school for a math/econ degree. as dhl3 said, banks really likes econ/math degrees. Stock market/banks/wall street I would prefer econ/math. They all hire right out of undergrad. and If you were attending UCLA I would assume they would have a very good and notable econ program to get recruited or get a really nice internship with a good firm, But I’m unsure if ucla is a “target” school. </p>
<p>ps if your into accounting Equally good schools = SDSU UCSB & SCU</p>
<p>What about the 150hour requirement for CPA- did they do away with that?
I am pretty certain you have to work prior to sitting for the cpa.</p>
<p>No you don’t have to work to seat for the exam.
You can take the exam as long as you have fulfilled the academic credit (depending on which pathway you plan to take) and have a B.A/B.S.</p>
<p>There are two separate requirements for CPA: One for to be eligible to take the exam, and another for the licensure. The work experience applies for the second, but you can always take and pass the exam first, apply to a firm, and work there for a year or two (again, depending on which pathway you take) and actually become a CPA.</p>
<p>Yep, as dhl3 has mentioned, there are requirements you have to complete to be eligible to sit in the cpa exam (Bacc degree, 36 quarter units accounting, 36 quarter units of business related subjects), and then there are licensure requirements to obtain the cpa. There are two separate pathways in terms of licensure requirement (for CA). Pathway 1 is two years of general experience supervised by a licensed CPA and passing of Ethics Courses. Pathway 2 is 225 quarter units, one year of general experience, and passing of ethics courses. If you apply under Pathway 2, you will meet CPA certification requirements in other states.</p>
<p>op: You don’t need to go to another school with an Accounting major. The important thing is that you would be able to make yourself eligible to sit in for the cpa exam. So 1.) There are enough accounting courses offered here for you to do that, and 2.) There’s no particular major you have to have, as long as you take those accounting/business-related classes. And the Big Four have a big recruiting presence here.</p>
<p>i just realized i read the 150 rule thing for NY not for CA. Explains my confusing</p>
<p>sorry dude idk but i’ll be interested to find out</p>