Anyone taken ECONONOMICS courses before?

[ElFenix]

i just finished by eco degree...

the intro classes are pretty easy, not even too much algebra. the intermediate classes are harder, the micro one uses a lot of calculus, the macro one mostly algebra since it was identities. game theory and monetary theory used a lot of calculus, mostly lagrangian point finding. i tried to take econometrics but bailed from the course when i realized i would have to relearn calculus, which i hadn't taken in 3 years.

 

[BigSmooth]

Depending on the class, there can be tons of math involved, or almost none at all. I majored in Econ and some classes were very math-heavy while others were much more about theory - many formulas but little in the way of actual calculation. Economics in and of itself has a lot to do with the study of societal structure, not just money.

 

[IJump]

I took Micro and Macro, both intro classes. Neither used any math beyond simple graphing for supply, demand curves.

I found micro more interesting. I took it first so it was all new. Macro covered a lot of the same stuff in the first few chapters so that may be why I liked micro better, it wasn't as boring.

 

[Spamela]

one of my degrees is in econ. if you can hack calculus, then it'll be no problem.
in one sentence, econ is about how scarce resources are allocated.

 

[trmiv]

I've taken both Micro and Macro, found them both really easy, but boring as hell. One of them (can't remember which) was really theory based, and the other, the professor just threw math at us like crazy. I got A's in both, but I did not enjoy the classes at all, just not my cup of tea.

 

[AaronP]

I had both Macro and Micro economics a couple of years ago in college. Supply and demand curves, that kind of crap. I'm a Finance major so you'd think I'd be at least a little interested in econ, but NO WAY. THAT SH*T IS BORING.

 

[Ferocious]

If you ever get real serious about it, I suggest learning MATHEMATICA and GAUSS.

Two good pieces of software for financial modeling. There are others as well though.

 

[SuperGroove]

As painful as it was, I never fell asleep in my high school Econ course. I feel a lot better now that I have a year of Econ under my belt. I'm not a total putz to the economy any more. 1pt=one dollah!


hehe Take it man. Take as many worthwhile courses as possible! If you're in college though...can't help ya until next year

Paul

 

[goshdarnindie]

I majored in engineering, but I enjoyed the study of economics. If you like money and knowing the fundamentals of business then take it.

If your school offers it, definetly take a business and government regulations course. It shows you how bad beuracrats screw everything up, like Gray Davis is trying to do with price caps, moron politician. But thats just me... no, he's a moron.

 

[Javelin]

Econ Major. Did mostly macro and international econ. Econ is a pretty broad field so you're probably going to find some courses which are boring but on the whole I found it to be very interesting.

 

[FatAlbo]

ECON 200/201 are easy as hell at UW, according to my friend whose taken both. However, take that as just one person's view. He also nearly failed calculus.

 

[kaiotes]

microecon is easier if you ask me, and more fun and interesting.

 

[ManSnake]

Took Micro/macroeconomics, those two courses are super easy, aced them with my eyes closed.

 

[Modge]

Micro and Macro are pretty easy. You're gonna use a lot of graphs and the concepts are pretty easy to grasp. A lot of stuff is common sense if you just think it through.
Micro consists heavily of supply and demand, economies of scale, and production possibility frontier.

Macro how the Fed increases/decreases the money supply and how that translates into changes in aggregate expenditure and prices of products and how changes in the economy affect the labor market.

 

[RichieZ]

I HATE ECONOMICS