<p>I either want to go intor international economics or international law. either way i think a good undergrad major would be economics.how is brandeis’ economics program? and would a 4.0 weighted GPA, 2200 SAT, fair EC student have a good shot?</p>
<p>I've heard pretty good things.</p>
<p>Yes it does. In fact, if I hadn't thought of applying before I found out that Thomas Friedman was lecturing there next year, I definitely would have after that. </p>
<p>In case you don't know, Thomas Friedman is a Brandeis alumni who is famous for his books "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" and "The World is Flat", both on globalization. He also won the Pulizer Prize. </p>
<p>Their international business and social policy schools are both very well known as well.</p>
<p>Can anyone opine? Especially as compared to Univ. of Maryland or rRtgers business school?</p>
<p>econ is one of the most popular majors and students really like the professors in the department including and especially prof. coiner. students can also take courses at the International Business School (or do a combined BA/MAief there) [Brandeis</a> University International Business School: Business, Economics and Finance for Global Leadership](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/global/]Brandeis”>Brandeis International Business School) which was named one of the best 15 business schools in the country. speaking to brandeis’ strength in the area, we are launching a business major next year. one of my friends who majored in econ is now an analyst at the fed. another is working for bloomberg and a third is working for thomson financial. a lot of brandeis students get accepted to the prestigious LSE for a year of study abroad further speaking to its quality. hope this helps.</p>
<p>Just to echo, not an e-con major, but Coiner is really good and really funny, and I really enjoyed the class and found it challenging at a good level/not too difficult, even though I knew I wasn’t going to pursue it as a concentration. He’s also known to be pretty approachable, sort of having impromptu office hours in one of the dining halls sometimes, I think. I am thinking pretty seriously about taking his Economics of Education class as a senior next semester, just out of interest. I have several friends who are doing econ and they seem happy, one of my suitemates actually TAed for the Intro class last semester, so I guess that’s another possibility that could be open to you.</p>
<p>In addition to having a first-rate economics department and its International Business School graduate program, this coming year, Brandeis is launching an innovative undergrad Business major in conjunction with IBS in which economics will of course play a key role. The international focus of the grad business school–incredibly appropriate for the international economy in which we live–undoubtedly will add international flavor to the new undergrad Business major. That major will have a liberal arts focus unlike a lot of undergrad Business programs. Here’s a link to an article discussing it:</p>
<p>Brandeis Business is practical, unique - Op-Ed</p>