Important Information for Transfer Students

Changes to Economics Majors at UCLA

Recently, there have been some significant changes to the three Economics majors at UCLA. You should be sure to cover the following points when advising prospective transfer students who are interested in these majors.

• The three Economics majors (Business Economics, Economics, and Economics/International Area Studies) are no longer open to transfer applicants who are applying for the winter quarter. These three majors will continue to be open to fall quarter transfer applicants.

• Transfer students who are admitted to a major outside the Department of Economics are not permitted to transfer into any of the three Economics majors once they have been admitted. This means that a transfer student who is admitted as a History major, for example, will not be allowed to change his/her major to Economics once he/she enrolls at UCLA.

• Important information on double-majors: Some transfer students may be interested in double-majoring in Economics and a second major in the College of Letters and Science (for example, Economics and History). These students should be advised to apply only to the Economics major. Once admitted, they can add History as a second major. Transfer students will not be able to add Economics as a second major.

• Beginning in Fall 2004, transfers must take Statistics 11 here at UCLA. No statistics courses from other colleges and universities will be accepted as major prep for the Economics, Business Economics, and Economics/International Area Studies majors.

• For up-to-date information, please consult UCLA’s Undergraduate Admissions web site at http://www.admissions.ucla.edu