<p>How is Columbia's Economics Dept? - in particular its professors. Are there any current worldwide known professors that are teaching/lecturing there?</p>
<p>Columbia’s econ is very strong. some Nobel Laureates there like Stiglitz and Mundell too. now I want to major in econ D:</p>
<p>Sunil Gulati teaches Principles of Econ (basically the big intro class that almost all econ majors take), who’s pretty famous for being the head of the U.S. soccer federation and also i think he was the U.N.'s financial dude for Moldova (it’s a country). Also I think Xavier Sala-Martin is famous for being a partial owner or something like that one of the big European soccer teams. Overall, Columbia’s econ dept rocks!</p>
<p>One of the best in the world. It seems that senior professors are required to teach intro classes.</p>
<p>Columbia econ has the faculty to rival a top 5 school. The professors who teach the econ core and electives are about half average and half exceptional. Literally my 3 best professors at Columbia taught me intermediate micro, intermediate macro and an econ elective. The department is just filled with super stars and has some really top notch professors in terms of teaching ability. The undergrad econ education that you get here is unmatched or rivaled only by the best. I’ve talked and debated econ with kids who’ve studied econ at Chicago and Harvard and I knew my concepts and their implications more thoroughly than they did, they were pretty smart, I’m only an econ minor and not amazing at it. </p>
<p>If you want to learn econ thoroughly from some of the smartest and best professors anywhere, Columbia is the place. The rankings of graduate programs do not (yet) reveal this. most on this website, especially high schoolers, who have no clue what they’re talking about, are blind ranking whores. US news defines what parents and other high schoolers think of college X, department Y, but not what grad schools and employers think.</p>
<p>no. Gulati’s sure as s*** not required to teach principles. he teaches it so he can give the last lecture of the semester, which is probably one of the best speeches i’ve ever heard.</p>
<p>Even with graduate school rankings, Columbia still sits at a comfortable numero ten. You should also consider the type of econ that they teach at the school. Some programs will give you a different perspective on the same concepts. </p>
<p>I’m interested in doing the joint economics-political science program they have at Columbia. Is there a difference in caliber of the various programs? Has anyone had any past experience in this particular program?</p>
<p>the type of econ they teach at a basic level doesn’t vary much at all. Columbia has a slight international econ / development slant. I have frankly too many friends doing econ-poli sci, it’s a popular joint major, most people want to do law, international relations, or finance, a few for non-profit.</p>
<p>^yay. 
i really want to do a neuroscience + econ combo…</p>
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<p>The real difference is in the number of electives you take and the seminars that you take. And you don’t really have specialized classes for the major except for the political economy seminar. Otherwise, you’re in econ classes with econ majors (and everyone else) and in poli sci classes with poli sci majors (and everyone else). </p>
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<p>Also President of the New England Revolution. You probably won’t hear much about his research or economics work. His reputation on campus comes from his Principles and Global Economy classes.</p>
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<p>He’s head of the managing comission of FC Barcelona. Also edits the Global Competitiveness Report for the World Economic Forum and does some work for the UN, CEOs without border and Umbele.</p>