<p>I want to take a summer course for economics,
and I'm an incoming freshmen so I don't know any of the teachers there.
and econ101 is offered for three different time scheduels with different professors and I was wondering which one is the best one (but I'm sure they're all great) :D</p>
<p>HARRIS, MATTHEW
GUNAY, FATMA<br>
CRONIN, CHRISTO</p>
<p>They are not professors – they are graduate students.</p>
<p>hm… so they’re teaching the class then?
cause that’s what it says on the signup/course list sheet</p>
<p>Yes – many classes at UNC (especially intro classes and classes taught over summer session) are taught by graduate students. </p>
<p>Many people will deny that ‘lots of classes at UNC are taught by grad students’, because they are thinking of huge classes with a prof and then TAs teaching individual sections. But lots of the smaller classes are taught by grad students too, like these three. Not that this makes them bad classes, or anything.</p>
<p>These are summer courses. Econ 101 during the school year is not taught by grad students (although it would have TAs for breakout recitations).</p>
<p>^^ but the majority of your close interactions will be with the grad student TAs, since you will likely see the prof in giant lectures, and the grad student will be the one who grades your papers etc. Of course, you can fix this to some extent by going to the prof’s office hours.</p>
<p>Just a fact of life for the first year or two, unless you can place out.</p>
<p>o i see, </p>
<p>btw. if I do end up taking summer course,
would it be too much of a load if I take two courses at the same time?
im thinking of taking econ101 as my first course, and
one of the following: financial accounting, management accounting or ancient history.</p>
<p>Take LFIT as your second to go ahead and get it out of the way. But don’t add more stress to it - use this as an opportunity to figure out how to manage a college schedule. Econ 101 during the summer probably won’t be a walk in the park.</p>
<p>i dont think they offer fitness during summer courses…
hmm, well i just expected econ101 to be like any other AP classes since theyr intro clases.</p>
<p>and is it okay to take macro or micro before intro econ?</p>
<p>LFIT classes are offered in both summer sessions. And Econ 101 is a prerequisite for every Econ course greater than 101.</p>
<p>actually, micro and macro both says they dont require any pre-req… so thats why i wanted to kno if its a bad idea to take them before the 101 course</p>
<p>“Program Restrictions
ECON 101 or equivalent is a prerequisite to all courses numbered above the 100 level.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.unc.edu/ugradbulletin/depts/econ.html[/url]”>http://www.unc.edu/ugradbulletin/depts/econ.html</a></p>
<p>I assume micro and macro econ are still at the 100 level though…</p>
<p>What do you mean by 100 level? There are two different sets of classes in the Economics department, 300 level and 400 level. 300 level is for non-majors and is not as math intensive. 400 level is for majors and assumes at least calculus.</p>
<p>I have to choose from Byrns, Turchi, and McCallie for the fall. Any opinions? Which professor would I benefit the most from?</p>
<p>I can’t speak for Turchi or McCallie, but I love Byrns. Easiest A I have gotten in college yet, but I’m an economics major. Non-majors don’t seem to have the same appreciation for Byrns.</p>
<p>My goodness I loved Byrns. Try and weasel yourself into his honors section if you can (you can do this even if you’re not in honors - show up the first day in his regular class and ask to join. I’m in honors, but when I asked him if I could he didn’t ask for any credentials or anything). Granted, I took this course first semester freshman year so did NOT get an A, but I still enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. Though now my GPA isn’t super plussed that I took it.</p>
<p>So is econ honors 101 a hard course???(for a business major)
Also, I am taking the SAT again to place out of eng101 and eng102. Should I stress over that or just take the classes (I have heard they are easy As) to help my GPA?</p>