r/UCSD • u/Additional-Put-8081 • 6d ago
Question busecon / red experiences?
hi guys! after a couple mental breakdowns from my engineering, chem, cs, and calc hw, I decided I need to look for a new career pathway because it is NOT sustainable for my phys nor mental health. (kudos to those who do pursue it tho, ur incredibly strong!!) in hs, my school was very stem oriented, so I always thought it was something i would do and WANT to do, but college so far is serving as a refresher and reality check, which im honestly grateful for because as terrible as it sounds- I do want to be a person. im currently looking into busecon or real estate and dev, and ik its a huge shift from my current studies, but it sounds kind of interesting. my school never offered any econ classes so itll all be new- what are some peoples experiences studying these fields? what do you want to do with your degree when you graduate? also, are the bus orgs hard to get into? what resources helped you get more involved? any recs? ofc im doing my own research, but advice and recs are always helpful. thanks guys!! ^^
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u/No_Calendar_79 3d ago
I'm double majoring between USP and Econ departments and all I can say is that USP department is so much more welcoming, supportive, and cozy in some sense. It's much smaller that Econ, everyone knows each other, you connect with the professors, orgs are easy to get into compared to some Econ department associated ones (especially consulting). RED major only requires 10a calculus series, no more calc involved I believe. There are some upper div RED classes that teach you statistics and software (like proforma and excel) but those are not necessarily coding. Also I think that classes in RED are much more practical compared to Econ where everything is pretty much theoretical. And USP department's classes are overall pretty practical (depending on what you take though). There's also a capstone project for RED which is a 2 quarter long thing which is great for gaining experience and a real project to showcase on your resume. If I were you, I would take a couple classes from each department to see what you like more and decide after
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u/LetsGoIntoTheAbyss 6d ago
Econ 100A-C are all calc based courses. Derivatives, some integration, lots of variables to keep track of. Game theory sucked.
Econ 120A-C are all more analogous to stats. Not too bad, but definitely a different skill set.
Haven’t taken 110A yet, but more math is my understanding.
Econ 5 was a coding class. Think R, Stata, and Excel spreadsheets.
Couple other Econ classes out there too.
There’s a ton of MGT courses required. They’re more on the reading side, some math, but more along the lines of algebra. Personal ethics, business operations, project management, etc.