What is the difference between the Economics and Management majors?
Our Economics and Management majors at UC Merced share a common core of classes, including micro and macro economics, statistics, and econometrics. There are several key differences between the two majors, however: • The Management major requires a year long sequence in accounting and finance, and an upper division course in finance. • The Management major requires a Computer Science course, dealing with issues of data management and security, and basic programming. • Management students will be encouraged to take some upper-division offerings from other disciplines, such as a Cognitive Science course on Judgment and Decision Making or Industrial and Organizational Psychology. • Management students are encouraged to take additional lower-division courses in Engineering or the Natural Sciences to prepare them to manage professionals in these fields. • Economics students have the opportunity to take a year-long capstone course that will emphasize economic research and prepare them for gr
