AP Microeconomics Before AP Macroeconomics... Or and Econ class at all???

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I really want to take an economics class in high school. During sophomore year, usually most kids take Econ and civics (2 different classes) but I decided to take AP Gov which fulfills that requirement for graduation. However, I want to take an AP Econ class in my high school career. My concern is that my school doesn’t offer AP Macro, only AP Micro. Could I take Micro before Macro, or is that too difficult?

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It doesn’t really matter the order. Macro is the study of the entire economy as a whole, while micro is the study of one economic system (such as a business).

Older threads [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/535177-micro-or-macro-which-first.html%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/535177-micro-or-macro-which-first.html]here[/url], [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/history-social-sciences/1319933-ap-macro-vs-micro-economics.html%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/history-social-sciences/1319933-ap-macro-vs-micro-economics.html]here[/url] and [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/893376-macro-vs-micro-economics.html%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/893376-macro-vs-micro-economics.html]here[/url] also have helpful information.

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@TheSlacker16 thanks! Have you taken either?

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Take them in any order you like; one is not appreciably more difficult than the other, and neither requires knowledge of the other.

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@skieurope thanks! People at school were saying macroeconomics was very important to build micro off of, but I see that’s not the case!

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I’m taking macro this year (dual credit college course) but I’ve taken a microeconomics course for a semester as part of my US History 2/Economics class last year. It was pretty easy, but there were a lot of terms to remember and we given investing opportunities (see:[here](http://www.investopedia.com/simulator/)) and given a project to create a company and present it to a group of investors (our classmates), Shark Tank style. It was a great class (USH was forgotten after the midterm) and I can’t wait for Macro!