<p>Does anyone know whether the class size for Honors Econ classes is smaller than for regular Econ classes? It is my understanding that many of the regular Econ classes have 200 or 300 students and I was wondering whether the Honors Econ classes are smaller and, if so, how much smaller. Thanks.</p>
<p>No they aren’t. All “honors econ” is, is an extra section on fridays (in addition to your regular section), where you do some additional work which designates it as an honors class towards the two you must take every semester to stay in honors. You still have a 300 person lecture and a 40-something person section. But, honestly, it doesn’t matter in a subject like Econ here. One of the “good-ish” things about Michigan is that if you really want to pretend like the class is smaller, just sit in the front row every time (there will always be spaces because Michigan students don’t have the desire to) and ask the professor/GSI questions whenever you don’t understand.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. Are the professors any better for the Honors Econ courses?</p>
<p>Just to give you a different viewpoint, my honors econ section had about 14 people in it. Although we didn’t have any additional work, since the class was all honors students, the professor was able to move faster and able to cover more advanced material. He occasionally showed us clever tricks that weren’t covered in the lecture. In my experience, honors sections have been taught by the professor.</p>
<p>Typically (again, in my experience), honors and non-honors students go to the same lecture but have different discussion sections.</p>