<p>Hey guys. I'm probably going to have my scheduling meeting sometime this upcoming week. I am unsure of which of these two courses to take. I have always thought of myself as a more math-oriented individual, but will that help that much for economics? Which class is easier in terms of material?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help in advance :)</p>
<p>Bump. Sorry guys.</p>
<p>gov is easier in terms of “mental” load, since most of the stuff is pure memorizing. econ may be easier for the “math” person if he/she is good at applying concepts.</p>
<p>but for the average american, gov will be easier</p>
<p>I loved AP Gov, it made me realize I wanted to major in political science… But I also had a fantastic teacher. AP Econ was something I merely tolerated, but I also had sort of an inadequate teacher. Being good in math won’t really give you a great edge in econ, all of the calculations are incredibly simple and are really the least of your worries in that class. If you have a choice, just go by what interests you more because neither class was very difficult.</p>
<p>If you’re more math oriented, go with Microeconomics. There are some minor calculations involved and a lot of graph analysis.</p>
<p>Double! I’m taking both next year and it seems pretty manageable. However, if you have a scheduling difficulty, AP Econ is a subject that’s fairly easy to self-study.</p>
<p>Micro is pretty easy, but US government is way easier. I mean, you probably have learned half of the material already in your previous schooling, and the little left to learn is simple memorization.</p>
<p>If you are going by difficulty alone, I would go with US Government.</p>
<p>I am a math guy as well and currently taking all 3 (gov, micro and macro). Micro is by far the easiest, follow by Macro, then a distance Gov. In both macro and micro, there are very little memorization needed, as long as you have good logic and understanding of the concepts. In gov, you need to have very strong memory to take on all the court cases.</p>
<p>I took Macro and Micro as a class, and did Gov as an independent study with no problem (4 on Mic, 5 on Mac, 4 on Gov). Econ doesn’t have more than basic math problems and some spiffy graphs in it, but if you’re able to apply concepts (as someone else noted above) you’ll be awesome. Gov is purely memorization (again as noted above) so I would go with actually taking Micro and then, if you decide you really want to get gov credit, self study it. All of the answers are in books for gov, whereas Econ you may need to ask someone. </p>
<p>Hope that jumble helped!</p>