<p>What is the difference between Economics thaught in a Business College rather than a Arts and Science or Liberal Arts college? I see Economics offered in two different colleges at FSU and UNF.</p>
<p>I would guess the University teaches more of a 'Business Economics' in the Business College and a more of a social science in the Arts and Science College.</p>
<p>could someone explain the difference? Thanks for the response.</p>
<p>Economics has both a business application (decisions at the margin, opportunity costs, elasticity, etc.) and a liberal arts application (theories, politics, etc.). </p>
<p>My guess is the business school will teach econometrics, and the study of economic calculations/forcasts in business decisions. More of a conventional/practical use.</p>
<p>The Liberal Arts twist on economics will go more into the history of theories (i.e. Marxism), and more of the political thought side of economics, less practical, but more depth/history.</p>
<p>That's how I would think it goes, but I could be way off.</p>
<p>My school has a BS in economics--business side of stuff, and a BA in economics--theories, politics. Both are taught in the business school however. The BA also allows students to take courses in political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, philosophy, and mathematics as part of their upper division electives instead of business management, accounting, and finance. The BS is straight management, accounting, finance, and then a bunch of economic classes.</p>
<p>Thanks! I'm still uncertain which one to go for but now I know how they differ. Really appreciate it.</p>
<p>You should investigate the curriculums (major requirements) for each degree - that will tell you what the big differences are.</p>
<p>I agree with wharton in checking the curriculum and you'll see there are big differences. I'm an econ/finance major at Stern, and to actually get an econ degree from Stern, all I need to take is Macro/Micro 100 & 200, and two electives, one being a 300 level elective. This is for an econ policy degree, for the same degree from CAS, I'd need to take at least 4 to 5 more econ classes. CAS also offers a theory degree not available to Stern students which has a lot more math/econometrics classes.</p>
<p>Yeah it's similar at Penn. </p>
<p>If you do ECON in the College to get a BA you take 10 Econ classes, and 2 Math classes (the second Math course is higher than what Wharton requires). Plus you do a whole bunch of liberal arts requirements.</p>
<p>If you do Wharton and get a BS Econ, you take 2 Econ classes, a good deal of liberal arts, and then Wharton core courses in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Management, Marketing, and Operations & Information Management. Then you do a concentration in one of 19 areas of business and bunch of other upper level business courses. So I guess if you think about the "Wharton" part of it, you have a LOT more variety - taking a ton of courses in many areas of business - rather than taking 10 classes in one subject area plus 2 math classes.</p>