<p>I'm trying to decide which class of the three to take. Any comments about:</p>
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<li>Professor? (Reynolds for 100A, Perloff for 100)</li>
<li>Workload?</li>
<li>Difficulty to get an A?</li>
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<p>Also, does it matter if one takes Econ 1 before taking 100A/B or 101A/B?
I need one upper-div humanities course for my engineering breadth requirement and I wanted to do Econ, but apparently Econ 1 is a pre-req. People say the professor doesn’t care about pre-reqs but would I die if I didn’t take it?
I took a regular semester-long Econ class in high school lol… didn’t learn too much though.
Thanks!</p>
<p>econ 101a is different from the other two from its core. you actually need some economic intuition and know how to express yourself in equations.</p>
<p>Considering you’re an engineer, you’ve taken math 53/54, so Econ 101a should be the easiest for you :)</p>
<p>(the other ones are more humanities based and less math based, so you might not do as well in those)</p>
<p>I would recommend Econ 1</p>
<p>Do these classes require a lot of knowledge from Econ 1? I’m not sure if I should take Econ 1 because I achieved a 7/7 in IB HL Economics.</p>
<p>IB HL Economics with a score of 5, 6, or 7 is considered by the Department of Economics to cover Economics 1.</p>
<p>[Prospective</a> Majors](<a href=“http://elsa.berkeley.edu/econ/ugrad/prospect_prerequisites.shtml]Prospective”>http://elsa.berkeley.edu/econ/ugrad/prospect_prerequisites.shtml)</p>
<p>From what I remember, while the concepts from Economics 1 may help some in Economics 101A, it did not appear to be strictly necessary, since the microeconomics was taught from the beginning with more math.</p>
<p>Okay, great! How about 101B? Because that should cover macroeconomics, which is also covered a bit in Econ 1 right?</p>
<p>Based on the Department of Economics saying that IB HL Economics covers Economics 1, you should be fine with Economics 101A or 101B, assuming you have the math. (I would say that taking either 101A or 101B without 1 is still doable, although it may be helpful to have some overview of the concepts from 1 before going into the same concepts in more depth with more math.)</p>
<p>If 101A and 101B were to re-cover all the material from Economics 1 as a sort of review, then I would no doubt skip Economics 1. But if 101A/101B were to ASSUME that students already had knowledge of all material in Economics 1 and were to use this knowledge as a basis to teach even newer concepts, then I would definitely take Economics 1. So I guess I could give the department a call and ask? Or does anyone know?</p>
<p>From what I remember, 101A/101B cover the stuff in 1 in more depth with more math.</p>
<p>Besides, you got a 7 in IB HL economics. 1 will likely be a waste of time for you.</p>