<p>Hello! :)
I need to know if anyone has taken microeconomics, or accounting 202 at michigan state. I am trying to gauge the general difficulty level.
If I'm a hard working student, is a b+ or an a- reasonable in these courses? Please don't say something like "study hard and anythings possible, etc." I am just curious what it takes to do well in these courses and how difficult they are this particular school-michigan state.
Anyone who has experience here (or knows of someone else's experience) would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>Ok I really just want to know which is harder at msu, MICROeconomics or MACROeconomics…anybody know? Thanks and go green!</p>
<p>Econ major here - Haven’t taken EC 201/202 or ACC 202 at MSU but know a lot of people who have/am familiar with some of the teachers. </p>
<p>Intro to Microeconomics was personally easier for me overall (and on average micro is more likable to people than macro, although it does come down to a personal preference). Also, better teachers teach Micro at MSU (both Ballard and Liedholm come highly recommended…top experts in their field). Kreinin for Macro on the other hand is a little…eccentric? The big 500 person classes kinda stink. The difficulty level of these courses is arguable - if you are a hardworking student a b+ or a- is absolutely possible (technically, we don’t do grades via b+ or a- scale at MSU…it’s 3.0, 3.5, or 4.0). But just be aware EC 201 and 202 do tend to be subjects that can can mess up students’ grades, especially if you are bad in math, don’t pay attention/go to class and don’t study etc. </p>
<p>As for accounting, I took ACC 201 and hated it, but Bokemeier is an excellent prof who lays out the expectations of the class very clearly from the beginning. It wasn’t hard but it certainly wasn’t easy either (problem sets were time consuming and the tests were relatively difficult IMO). ACC 202 on the other hand I’ve heard has a pretty lousy prof, and stinks even more than ACC 201 (material and difficulty-wise).</p>
<p>Fa-la-lena,
Thanks so much for the help! I’m looking to ultimately get into broad for business. You mentioned in some of your posts that the Econ professors vary. Which one is best strictly for getting a high grade? I know that sounds terrible :/, but broad has a gpa minimum and I simply want the best chance of getting in. (once I’m into broad I would be more concerned with a better prof than a better grade.) any thoughts?</p>
<p>I don’t really know the EC 201 and 202 professors personally (only the upper level econ professors) so I wouldn’t be helpful in knowing the difficulty levels of the course. One thing you might want to look into - taking EC 201 & 202 online. I’ve heard that these classes are super easy online, my friend took retook EC 202 online last semester (so that she could improve her GPA) and she 4.0’ed it. You have to have the right discipline to do these things independently though.</p>
<p>Fa-la-lena,
Your idea of taking microecon online is very interesting to me. (thx for the tip!) How does it work signing up for online classes? As an incoming sophomore transfer would it be hard to get into one? At schools I’ve attended, both my regular university and this summer as a guest student at a cc, online classes ALWAYS fill up first.
That being said, msu is 10x larger than my current school :p, so should I not worry about it? Please advise, and feel free to ask your friend about this if you need to. Thanks so much, your awesome! :)</p>
<p>You sign up for an online class the same way you sign up for any other class. You enroll on schedule.msu.edu</p>
<p>Yes, it’ll likely fill up very quickly. Some fall/spring classes are filled already and only a small segment of the students has been able to register.</p>