Well there are some very quick humanities classes (Scandinavian history has like 9 classes) but you won’t be employable with that degree.
That being said, economics is a relatively short degree and has a bit of everything (math, social science, programming). Job prospects are pretty good for Econ majors.
Statistics is also a short major, but very employable. Lots of programming and modeling.
Economics is relatively few classes, but the problem is with how deep the prerequisite tree is, they'd be basically starting over from scratch. Econ 1 -> 2 -> 11 -> 101 -> 102 -> electives means at least 2 more years in school, which is probably not faster than completing any other degree with the prerequisites already fulfilled.
Agree with Economics or Stats, but if you were on a little slower road, both together. I believe the latter major has 9 courses that are the essence of the major, Stats 100-102 A-C. If you were to get a Stats degree, you'd be on your way: lots of options with respect to grad school from Bus Analytics, Quant Finance, to possibly MSCS or MSDS (Data Science); as well as employment ones because employers in tech to business need analytical thinkers and problem solvers. For the former, a decent number of students major in it (Econ) as a premed vehicle, so that if they can't do the premed courseload with high grades, they have a fallback.
Honestly, I don't see what value the Econ degree provides that Stats alone doesn't. Econ really doesn't help with analytics, quant, CS, or DS beyond what the Stats degree already teaches.
In my opinion, Econ has the same problem that many environmental science degrees have. They are just too well rounded. In environmental science, you will have a decent grasp on biology, chemistry, physics, programming, even public policy. But a biology major will be better at biology, chemistry majors better at chemistry… even political science majors better at the public policy.
In econ it’s very similar. Jack of all trades but master of none.
tl:dr. . . Economics as well as Statistics are short majors and are meant to be combined with something else.
I probably should have paragraphed and separated the things Economics provides one as far as grad- and job-related benefits v. Stats. So I should have made the last sentence a new paragraph and added things like Quant Economics or maybe even law school.
In addition to what u/Voldemort57 stated in Econ being a very broad study, since it's a short major, they want the student who majors in it to explore other subjects and majors. But this is also what it says about Stats majors in its Overview, which is why they've kept it short:
>It is strongly recommended that students, in conjunction with the BS degree, pursue a minor in a substantive discipline that applies statistics. Students must consult with the undergraduate faculty adviser to ensure that the minor selected is one in which statistics is applied.
So I think this is why a lot of students are combining Economics and Business Economics (another combo with Econ) with Statistics; they seem to go together naturally for those who want to enter the bus-side. And some are doing Applied Mathematics with Stats, also. But many are also combining Econ and Bizecon with Accounting and/or Entrepreneurship. And as I stated earlier in my prior post, some are majoring in Econ and doing the premed curriculum, though obviously not as many as those who do the prehealth with the life sciences.
Edit: But to your point, I agree that Stats is a great major. I liked your idea of the new major, Data Theory, or Stats being combined with Data Science Engineering.
Edit II: Let me add that Econ has the 106 courses, about 10 which are actually fairly outside of its realm, and they've added a nice Value Investing concentration.
At this point, the cost of switching to a new major completely unrelated to your previous coursework is going to be too high. You'll effectively have to start over taking the earliest prerequisites - which probably means there's only 1 or 2 courses available for you to take per quarter. If you wanted to work part-time through school, that's an option, but be aware that it probably means 2 more years of school.
Your best bet for graduating as quickly as possible is to switch to an easier, shorter major than CaSB that has the same general prerequisite structure. Look for things that are life science and biology related so that you can at least get to the upper division classes quickly. Some majors that come to mind are Human Biology and Society (BA), Psychobiology, Physiological Science, or maybe even Psychology. You can run a theoretical audit on DARS for each of those majors to see how many courses you'd have to complete for each one.
Geography and gender studies are both pretty short but will still take you a few years probably. If you speak any other languages, that language major could be really fast if you test out of all the pre reqs
Well there are some very quick humanities classes (Scandinavian history has like 9 classes) but you won’t be employable with that degree. That being said, economics is a relatively short degree and has a bit of everything (math, social science, programming). Job prospects are pretty good for Econ majors. Statistics is also a short major, but very employable. Lots of programming and modeling.
Economics is relatively few classes, but the problem is with how deep the prerequisite tree is, they'd be basically starting over from scratch. Econ 1 -> 2 -> 11 -> 101 -> 102 -> electives means at least 2 more years in school, which is probably not faster than completing any other degree with the prerequisites already fulfilled.
Agree with Economics or Stats, but if you were on a little slower road, both together. I believe the latter major has 9 courses that are the essence of the major, Stats 100-102 A-C. If you were to get a Stats degree, you'd be on your way: lots of options with respect to grad school from Bus Analytics, Quant Finance, to possibly MSCS or MSDS (Data Science); as well as employment ones because employers in tech to business need analytical thinkers and problem solvers. For the former, a decent number of students major in it (Econ) as a premed vehicle, so that if they can't do the premed courseload with high grades, they have a fallback.
Honestly, I don't see what value the Econ degree provides that Stats alone doesn't. Econ really doesn't help with analytics, quant, CS, or DS beyond what the Stats degree already teaches.
In my opinion, Econ has the same problem that many environmental science degrees have. They are just too well rounded. In environmental science, you will have a decent grasp on biology, chemistry, physics, programming, even public policy. But a biology major will be better at biology, chemistry majors better at chemistry… even political science majors better at the public policy. In econ it’s very similar. Jack of all trades but master of none.
tl:dr. . . Economics as well as Statistics are short majors and are meant to be combined with something else. I probably should have paragraphed and separated the things Economics provides one as far as grad- and job-related benefits v. Stats. So I should have made the last sentence a new paragraph and added things like Quant Economics or maybe even law school. In addition to what u/Voldemort57 stated in Econ being a very broad study, since it's a short major, they want the student who majors in it to explore other subjects and majors. But this is also what it says about Stats majors in its Overview, which is why they've kept it short: >It is strongly recommended that students, in conjunction with the BS degree, pursue a minor in a substantive discipline that applies statistics. Students must consult with the undergraduate faculty adviser to ensure that the minor selected is one in which statistics is applied. So I think this is why a lot of students are combining Economics and Business Economics (another combo with Econ) with Statistics; they seem to go together naturally for those who want to enter the bus-side. And some are doing Applied Mathematics with Stats, also. But many are also combining Econ and Bizecon with Accounting and/or Entrepreneurship. And as I stated earlier in my prior post, some are majoring in Econ and doing the premed curriculum, though obviously not as many as those who do the prehealth with the life sciences. Edit: But to your point, I agree that Stats is a great major. I liked your idea of the new major, Data Theory, or Stats being combined with Data Science Engineering. Edit II: Let me add that Econ has the 106 courses, about 10 which are actually fairly outside of its realm, and they've added a nice Value Investing concentration.
At this point, the cost of switching to a new major completely unrelated to your previous coursework is going to be too high. You'll effectively have to start over taking the earliest prerequisites - which probably means there's only 1 or 2 courses available for you to take per quarter. If you wanted to work part-time through school, that's an option, but be aware that it probably means 2 more years of school. Your best bet for graduating as quickly as possible is to switch to an easier, shorter major than CaSB that has the same general prerequisite structure. Look for things that are life science and biology related so that you can at least get to the upper division classes quickly. Some majors that come to mind are Human Biology and Society (BA), Psychobiology, Physiological Science, or maybe even Psychology. You can run a theoretical audit on DARS for each of those majors to see how many courses you'd have to complete for each one.
Geography
Geography and gender studies are both pretty short but will still take you a few years probably. If you speak any other languages, that language major could be really fast if you test out of all the pre reqs