The Five Year Combined Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Master of Arts in Economics with an emphasis in Business Economics

This program provides an opportunity for outstanding students from any engineering major, including computer science, to earn both an undergraduate degree and a Master of Arts degree within five years.

Admission Procedures

Interested students should inform the Economics Graduate Office of their interest in pursuing this program at the end of sophomore year if possible, as they need to plan their upper division studies differently from other undergraduates and have their names placed on a pre-enrollment list.

At the beginning of their senior year, interested engineering undergraduates apply for admission to the Graduate Division and take the Graduate Record Examination (general test). All applicants must now apply online using the Electronic Application for Graduate Study. Potential applicants are invited to visit our website at www.econ.ucsb.edu for complete application instructions. If you have specific questions, please contact:

Graduate Office
Department of Economics
North Hall 2120, University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9210

Students for whom the recommendation letters are strong and cumulative GPA is at least 3.5 will be granted admission to the program providing all other admission criteria have been met, including submission of GRE scores.

For students who do not meet the acceptance requirements to graduate status under the above guidelines, and who have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00, a decision on admission to graduate status will be made after GRE scores and all other admission materials have been received and evaluated.

Students have the option of leaving the program with a B.S. or B.A. degree at the end of their senior year if all degree requirements have been met, whether or not they have been admitted to graduate status.

Admission to the M.A. program is contingent on students receiving their B.S. in Engineering or their B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science.

Required Undergraduate Courses

Students must complete all required coursework for the B.S. degree in engineering or the B.S./B.A. degree in computer science.

In addition, students must take:

Engineering 100: Engineering Economic Analysis
or Economics 109: Introduction to Economics
or Economics 1 and 2: Principles of Micro and Macro Economics

PSTAT 5E: Statistics with Economics and Business Applications
or PSTAT 120A: Probability and Statistics
or ECE 139: Probability and Statistics
or CHEME 132C: Statistical Methods in Chemical Engineering

Recommended Undergraduate Courses

Economics 100 A & B: Microeconomic Theory and Policy
or Economics 104 A & B: Microeconomic Theory

Economics 101: Static Macroeconomics and Policy
  or Economics 105: Static Macroeconomics

Required Graduate Courses

Fall:

Econ 205A: Economics Decisions
Econ 240A: Introduction to Economics
Econ 273A: Managerial Accounting

Winter:

Econ 205B: Economic Decisions
Econ 234A: Finance
Econ 240B: Econometrics with an Emphasis in Cross Section Analysis

Spring:

Econ 208: Macroeconomics Theory and Policy
Econ 234B: Finance
Econ 240C: Econometrics with an Emphasis in Time Series and Forecasting

All courses must be passed with a grade of B or better

Comprehensive Examination For the M.A. Degree

Toward the en of the student’s last quarter of coursework, a comprehensive examination will be given in microeconomics and quantitative methods. The examination committee is comprised of at least three members of the economics faculty.

Standards of Scholarship:

In order to eligible for the Master of Arts degree, students must earn a “B” grade or better in all required MA courses and maintain at least a 3.0 overall GPA, receive a “pass” in both subject areas of the comprehensive examination, and meet all other university requirements.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit the following materials directly to the Graduate Division, Admissions Section, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

1. Application-online application at www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp/

2. Application fee ($60). If pre-enrolled in the 5-year program with Economics/Engineering-Computer Science, the application fee will be waived. (Pre-enroll in Econ Dept. –NH 2120)

3. Graduate Record Exam scores, forwarded directly from the testing institution

Applicants must submit the following materials directly to the Economics Graduate Office, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9210:

1. Statement of purpose

2. Two official transcripts forwarded directly from each college or university attended, including UCSB

3. Three letters of recommendation

The deadline for receipt of all application materials is May 1. Since required coursed must be taken in sequence, students are admitted for Fall quarter only.

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