<p>Hi im going to be an economic major next year and i was just wondering if I should retake the introductory economics classes despite the fact that i recieved 5s on both micro and macro. Instead, I was thinking of taking intermediate microeconomic theory or should i just not take an economics class first semester and wait until I learn more calculus ( i took ab junior and bc senior and recieved 5s on both exams but i was not very comfortable with taylor series so im going to retake calc 2).</p>
<p>a) Start with intermediate, no need to retake intros</p>
<p>b) Don’t retake calc 2, go on to multicalc. Taylor series will be such a small part of calc 2, it’s not at all worth it. If you want to learn about taylor series, look it up on wikipedia.</p>
<p>but don’t you believe the cornell calc 2 class will encompass more topics than my high school class, therefore if skip ahead, i wont have the foundation to succeed in multivariable?</p>
<p>i’m an econ major too and got a 5 AB and BC as well, but i wasn’t thinking about even taking any more math at cornell? should econ majors take more than calc 2?</p>
<p>You should probably take Multivariable Calc, Linear Algebra, Analysis, Set Theory and Geometry</p>
<p>You will have plenty of the principles to succeed. It’s not that bad.</p>
<p>I never learned a bit of economics before coming to Cornell, took Micro and Macro in the first semester, and did really well in both. If you have APs, there’s no need to retake them.</p>
<p>We definitely do not need to take that many math classes, unless we are like planning on getting our phd in economics.</p>
<p>it says that an econ degree requires calc 1, and an aem degree requires calc 2. i don’t see the reason to take all those math courses</p>
<p>…to better understand what you are actually taking?</p>
<p>How do you honestly expect to understand advanced economics if you don’t have the math preparation? </p>
<p>If you wanted business-lite, you should have taken AEM, not economics. Economics is a theoretical, model based, social science. If you can’t handle that fact, find something else.</p>
<p>Calc 1 is derivative calculus. Not even integral calculus. If you stop after calc 1, I can’t even imagine your work ethic.</p>