News and Notes about Economics Courses in Fall Quarter 2010

News and Notes about Economics Courses in Fall Quarter 2010 Economics 2 now has Economics 1 as a prerequisite. Economics 41 now has prerequisites of Math 31A and 31B, so you cannot enroll in it unless you will have completed these two calculus courses. Economics 41 is now restricted to students officially in Pre-Economics, Pre-Business [...]

UCLA CAMPUS ACADEMIC REGULATIONS: Repeating Coursework

UCLA CAMPUS ACADEMIC REGULATIONS: Repeating Coursework UCLA students may repeat up to 16 units of GRADED coursework in which they receive a grade of C- or below. If you repeat a course that you took for a letter grade, you MUST choose the same grading option when you repeat it. The same is not true [...]

Dept Honors

Dear Department Honors Students: We have updated the list of Economics courses that are eligible for the Department Honors program.  You will find the updated list at www.econ.ucla.edu.  Click on Undergraduate and then Honors and Scholars. The following are the changes that we made: Econ. 113, M134A, and 145 have been eliminated.  We will count [...]

SPRING QUARTER 2009 ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT COURSE PREREQUISITES

SPRING QUARTER 2009 ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT COURSE PREREQUISITES Economics Courses No Prerequisite: Economics 1, 2, 41 (take Economics 41 close to Economics 103) Prerequisite: Economics 1 Economics 107 Prerequisites: Economics 1, 2, Math 31A, 31B Economics 11 Prerequisite: Economics 11 Economics 103, 142 (Economics 41 is a prerequisite as well for these two courses), 171 [...]

Important Dates and Graduation Info

Important Dates Friday of Week 2 (Jan. 16)  Waitlists are dropped  Last day to drop an impacted course  Last day to change study list (add, drop courses) without a fee  Last day to receive a full refund on textbooks with UCLA Store receipt Friday of Week 3 (Jan. 23)  Last [...]

’09 Winter Business Econ Application

Business Economics applications are now available on-line. If you have completed ALL of your Business Economics pre-major courses with a minimum 3.0 GPA (excluding the writing course), a C or better in each course, and you have not exceeded the 137 unit limit (not including AP units or units earned prior to coming to UCLA), [...]

Dates and Workshops W09

From UCLA Confidential, the publication of the ASK Peer Counselors Important Dates Friday of Week 2 (Jan. 16) Last day to DROP impacted courses Last day to enroll in courses for credit without late Study List fee through URSA Last day to check wait lists for courses through URSA Last day to receive a full [...]

Asian Languages Winter 2009 Placement Exams

Asian Languages Winter 2009 Placement Exams Students MUST BRING valid UCLA ID on the day of the exam. They will not be qualified to take the exam without it. Exams will start promptly on time. Students who show up after the exam has already started will not be allowed to take the exam. Please read [...]

Info and Deadlines- Winter ’09

From UCLA Confidential: The Publication Of the ASK Peer Counselors   Tips for Seniors Have you completed your GRADUATION CHECKIST? 1. DECLARING CANDIDACY 2. CORRECT SPELLING OF NAME 3. PRIVACY RESTRICTIONS 4. CONSULT WITH DEPARTMENTAL COUNSELORS 5. CONSULT WITH A COLLEGE ACADEMIC COUNSELOR 6. CHECK YOUR LATIN HONORS STATUS 7. CAREER CENTER & BRUIN ONLINE [...]

Graduate Course offered to Undergrads as Econ elective

Economics 251A (Theory and Policy of Taxation)   Dear Undergraduate Economics Students:   If you would like to take a graduate course in Taxation, Professor Harberger will be allowing a few undergraduates to enroll in the course in Winter Quarter.  Econ 251A will be offered Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., in [...]

Dates, Deadlines, Counseling Info

Important Dates Friday of Week 10 (Dec. 5) • Week 8-10, Non-Impacted Restricted Late Drop, Maximum of 3 in career, verifying no final taken, $35 fee   Please note change in timing for Excess Unit requests: Remember, you can only enroll up to 10 units during your first pass and  up to an additional 9 [...]

Fall 2008 DEADLINES!!!!!!

Letters & Science Deadlines: Fall 2008 Friday, October 10th is the last day to: CHANGE Study List (add, drop courses) without fee through URSA Friday, October 17th is the last day to: ADD courses with per-course fee through URSA Friday, October 24th is the last day to: DROP nonimpacted courses without a transcript notation (with [...]

106 Fields

    The Econ 106s fall into the following fields:   Econ Theory (same series as Econ 107): 106G Money and Banking (160 series): 106F, 106V Government and Industry (170 series): 106E, 106I, 106P Econ History (180 series): 106H

Asian Languages Placement Exam Schedule

For those of you who wish to waive out of taking a foreign language by taking a language exam, the schedule is posted below.  The option is available for all students who wish to waive out of UCLA’s foreign language requirement or for students who will be applying to Economics International (East Asia Concentration) and [...]

Priority Enrollment and PTEs

The only Economics courses open for priority enrollment are Econ 1, 2 and 19.  UCLA Economics does not give out PTE numbers!  Professors don’t have them either!  The only way for you to enroll in a course is through URSA if you meet the enrollment requirements or have a counselor enroll you if the course’s prerequisites were [...]

Writing II Requirement

The Economics and Business Economics majors require you to take a writing II course.  At UCLA the course number will be followed by a “W”.  If you see the W then the course will count towards the major requirement. If you wish to take the course at a California community college over the summer, please [...]

the scary repeat rule

Yes, the rumors are true.  You may only take ONE class in the premajor twice.  Two times.  Not three times.  Just twice.  You must pass the second time with a C or better.  I know, it seems extreme, but the rule is in place to ensure that Economics is the major for you.  You are NOT able to repeat another course if [...]

the mystery surrounding Econ 41

Ok.  Let’s clear the air about Econ 41.  Econ 41 is the ONLY statistics course that fulfills the department’s requirement.  ALL students in ALL three majors are required to complete the course. If you have taken another stats course at UCLA or another institution, BEWARE!!! UCLA grants a maximum of 4 (four) units of lower division [...]

One department, 3 majors

Being that it is that time of year when many UCLA students will be declaring their majors and incoming students are are curious about the program, knowing the differences between the three majors offered by the Department of Economics will be helpful. Economics is the shortest and most general premajor and major offered by the department.  [...]

Applying to a department major

Before you come into the office to apply to the major, STOP and read this! For Economics and Economics International/Area Studies: Bring in a copy of your community college transcripts if you are a transfer student (these can be found at 1134 Murphy Hall) Come to the counseling office during office hours (9:30-4) to be [...]