Prospective Majors
ADMISSIONS
(PLEASE NOTE: All admission decisions for the University of California, Berkeley, are made by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools, not by the Economics Department. For any and all admissions questions, please consult them at (510) 642-3175 or read their website at http://admissions.berkeley.edu.)
The major may be declared as soon as the major prerequisite courses are completed, and students are admitted in spring, summer or fall semesters. A department application is required and is available from the Undergraduate Advisor in 543 Evans Hall during the first four weeks of each term only only and is due by the Friday of the fourth week of the application period. It is also available on the departmental website at http://econ.berkeley.edu/ugrad/ugrad.shtml.
Students may apply to the major when all prerequisites are completed or they are enrolled in their final prerequisites. Because of large enrollments and limited resources, it is necessary to restrict the number of students accepted into the major. Many factors are considered in determining admission. The main criterion is academic performance as measured by GPA in the prerequisite courses. The average GPA in prerequisite courses for students admitted to the major in recent years has been a 3.4. The economics major is impacted and to be considered for admission students should have a minimum of a 3.0 in the prerequisite courses. Students with a GPA of less than a 3.0 are typically not admitted.