<p>I just got off the waitlist and I am going to attend!
I am going to be an economics major and was wondering what core classes BC requires, specifically what and how many english classes you have to take.
Also is it possible to transfer to the school of management and how difficult is it to do this?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>hey jacoby, I’m still on the waitlist…can you tell me if you did anything extra to get off of it… and also, what are your stats, if you don’t mind my asking.</p>
<p>Congrats - I’m attending BC too!
The economics professor at BC during an admitted student day said that a major in economics is comprised of mandatory classes (macro and micro econ two years straight fresh and sophmore years) and then shifts to more intense classses junior and senior years. Also, you are required to take a handful of additional classes to achieve the major (I beleive it adds to something like nine classes (full year) total). I do not believe if there is an additional english requirement to the major, except note that english is required for the core curriculum.</p>
<p>The core curriuclum is designed to give students a broad based experience. There is the core four classes and even a theology requirement. </p>
<p>Lastly, it is possible to transfer to a different school though recently BC has been making it tough to do so because people apply to the relatively less selective school of nursing and then transfer to A and S. BC caught on and is making the process annoying.</p>
<p>If anyone notes anything wrong with what I said please correct me, but from what I know all I have written is true. Good Luck</p>
<p>You have to remain in the college into which you were admitted (in your case, A&S) for the first year. After that, if you have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, you can apply for an internal transfer to another college. Whether or not you will be successful depends upon how much room there is for transfers in the other college. Just a warning, though – CSOM is the hardest college to transfer into. </p>
<p>BC’s core curriculum requires 2 English courses – one writing course and one literature course. You don’t need any more English courses for the Economics major. You can get out of one or both of the required English courses if you get scores of 4 or 5 on the AP English exams.</p>
<p>Here is the link to the specific core curriculum requirements:</p>
<p>[Boston</a> College Core Courses](<a href=“http://fmwww.bc.edu/core/courses.html]Boston”>http://fmwww.bc.edu/core/courses.html)</p>
<p>Here is the link to course requirements for your Economics major (10 3-credit Econ classes + calc reqt.):</p>
<p>[Major</a> in Economics](<a href=“http://fmwww.bc.edu/ec-c/docs/EC.UGrad.pdrev.php]Major”>http://fmwww.bc.edu/ec-c/docs/EC.UGrad.pdrev.php)</p>
<p>Ok, 2 english classes does not sound so bad, english is my worst subject so I was just wondering.
DO you know what math classes are required and what we can take?
As a freshmen would you take like Calc or Calc 2 or something?
What about statistics?
I want to try and take as many math classes as I can, so can you arrange your schedule to take more than one?</p>
<p>Here’s the lowdown on econ: You take intro to micro, then intro to macro, and then intermediate levels of both. Calc 1 is a coreq for the intermediate levels, but more advanced levels of calc are suggested. You also have to take ec 151 which is basic stats or ec 155 which is honors stats. After those four you have to take 6 electives, a certain amount of which have to have an intensive writing/research component, I believe the number is around three. As far as math goes, there’s econometrics which is basically a math class, and a lot of the econ classes incorporate a lot of mathematics. </p>
<p>Transferring into CSOM is really difficult. Take Calc, Stats, and both principles of econ classes freshman year, and get A’s in all of them. Make an effort, meet with deans, express interest, and you can get in. It’s not as easy as getting a 3.0 and filling out a form. However, you can still take up to six courses in CSOM even if you are in A&S. </p>
<p>Congrats on getting in. </p>
<p>I also recommend Petersen for principles of micro and macro, nice dude, lectures are as interesting as econ can be, and not too hard.</p>
<p>What do most freshmen do for first and second semester classes? Do they load up on cores right away, or do they tend to stick with their concentration/major and only do one or two cores? I have surfed the BC websites looking for sample course loadings but haven’t found quite what I’m looking for. </p>
<p>I’ll be majoring in math, and hoping that I can avoid getting wedged in any one semester with all cores or all maths or all electives. I just took the Calc BC AP test, but I’ll probably start out with the entry-level math so I can ease into the life at BC. Also, who knows maybe my H.S. teacher was crappy without me realizing it! </p>
<p>Any guidance is appreciated from current students or, even better, math majors.</p>
<p>Duke, it’s me again. I’m not a math major, but my son is!</p>
<p>If you’ve looked at BC’s website, then you have probably already seen the recommendation from the Math Department: math majors should take no more than 1 – 2 math classes per semester. As for taking care of your core requirements, it’s mostly a matter of personal preference. I know that some students like to get them over with in the first two years, while others like to stretch them out over four years. You do have to take the Freshman Writing Seminar first semester though, unless you have AP credit to waive that requirement.</p>
<p>My son is just finishing his freshman year at BC. First semester he took MT 202 (Multivariable Calc), and this semester he took both MT 210 (Linear Algebra) and MT 216 (Intro to Abtract Math), but that’s because he’s trying to stay ahead on the requirements for his major since he wants to study abroad as a junior.</p>
<p>He had quite a few AP credits, so he was able to knock off many of his core requirements this year. He finished the requirements for Fine Arts (a drawing class, which he took first semester so that he would have at least one “easy” class while he was adjusting to college life), Literature, Natural Science (he needed just a one-semester class), Social Science (2 classes), and Philosophy (2 semesters). He plans to finish his core requirements next year, when he’ll take year-long classes in History and Theology. (He didn’t have to take either Writing or a Foreign Language, because of AP credits). He wanted to get his core classes out of the way early, since he thinks he might want to pick up a minor in another subject, but isn’t sure yet. </p>
<p>It’s always best to have a mix of classes each semester – balancing classes that have heavy reading and writing loads (literature, philosophy, history) with your quantitative classes (math, natural sciences).</p>
<p>Hi DukeofEarl,</p>
<p>You’ll definitely want to take all the levels of calculus (depending on what you’ve done so far, I took Multivariable my first semester) your freshmen year. You’ll also want to get Math Major requirements such as Linear Algebra and Introduction to Abstract Math out of the way as soon as possible. However, you’re right about balancing your courseload. Make sure you don’t take too many math courses at one time because you’ll be extremely stressed out / working a lot while most of your classmates are just fooling around all the time. I would suggest that you take at most, 2 math classes a semester and with careful planning / enough AP credits, you can maintain that for your fours years at BC. Also, try to enjoy your Calc classes because they’ll probably be the last time which you truly understand EVERYTHING that is going on in the class.</p>
<p>Thanks worried<em>mom and BC2011</em>25, both of you, for the detailed and useful advice. I may be a freak, but I’m getting kind of excited at the thought of digging into the courses you’re mentioning. </p>
<p>Again, many thanks.</p>