# Transfer Preparation Requirements

**Source**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college/requirements-for-business-economics
**Parent**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college

## Major Preparation Requirements

- One course in microeconomics
- One course in macroeconomics
- One year of calculus (from the math/physical science sequence)
- One course in introduction to financial accounting
- One course in introduction to managerial accounting

Students are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to complete all preparatory courses by the end of fall prior to transfer.

**Note:** You must be admitted directly into this major, and cannot change into this major after admission to UCLA.

## More Information

- [More information about this major](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?type=MAJ&code=144)
- [Department homepage](https://economics.ucla.edu)

\* Demand for this major significantly exceeds space available.

\* Students are classified as Pre-Business Economics until lower-division preparation courses are completed at UCLA.

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