<p>Would Math 140 (survey of calculus) be sufficient in fulfilling the requirement of calculus for the economics major?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>While you may be able to satisfy the one semester requirement of Calculus for the Economics major with MATH 140, I wouldn’t recommend it and would instead recommend either MATH 150/155. The mathematics you’ll see in your Economics class will vary by Professor, but in principle, it could be as difficult as that which you see in 150/155, and as a result I would suggest taking either of those instead.</p>
<p>Anyone want to shed a little more light on this topic? My advisor is pushing for me to take 150 b. (Have credit for 150a already). I hear 150 b is an insanely tough class and math, although I can do it, does not come easy at all for me. I am an econ major and if 140 is going to cover enough math, I would rather take that. Any suggestions / ideas?</p>
<p>If you have credit for 150a (I’m assuming through AP or something like that?), I believe you would have satisfied the one semester minimum requirement of calculus for the Economics major. </p>
<p>Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think so.</p>
<p>Zmoose27 you are correct. I am satisfying the credit through a previous calculus course, but it is coming from the one I took this past year at my previous university since I am transferring. My advisor highly recommends taking 150b but I don’t want to. Calc isn’t my strongest subject, but being an econ major, I do need it. The question really is just how much do I really need. I don’t plan graduate study in econ, so I wont need the most advanced math for that but I am just not sure exactly what to do.</p>
<p>If you avoid the most mathematically oriented economics classes and professors, you can probably get by only knowing the material from 150a.</p>