<p>I'm a poli sci major and I was wondering if the intro to econ class had any math and if so what level and how much?</p>
<p>I'm really bad at math haha. (as in i've never taken calc or precalc. yup that bad.)</p>
<p>if anyone could let me know thatd be great! (: thankyou!</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure there was some arithmetic involved.</p>
<p>basic algebra, so i think with some work you should be fine.</p>
<p>thank you guys! 
if anyone else has more details let me know</p>
<p>thank you guys! if anyone else has more details let me know</p>
<p>I’m not sure how’s it at UCSD, but Econ 1 is Mircro Economics, and I’ve taken AP Micro Economics at highschool and earned a 5.</p>
<p>There’s some math, such as slopes, max and min, derivative. Basic fractions calculations, graphs…etc.</p>
<p>The usually ideas of slopes, max, min, derivatives are just the concepts and does not require a complete understanding of calculus or perhaps precalc. The math in econ 1 is common sense math.</p>
<p>hm sorry if i am hijacking the thread but for those who took econ1 before, how book-intensive was the class?</p>
<p>I ask this because the book is on boundlessnow but it’s the fifth edition (we need 4th), it is not word for word (they summarize the key concepts but it still retain a lot of text…apparently), and doesn’t have the practice questions in the book. not sure if I should just buy the book or not.</p>
<p>ughhh. so you need econ as a poly sci major? i for sure am sticking to CLS at UCI. <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>UCkitty, you don’t need to take econ as a poli sci major here. I’m not sure why the OP is taking it, but it isn’t to fulfill a poli sci requirement. </p>
<p>(I was originally a poli sci major, but I switched to management science).</p>
<p>But, you may want to take some econ courses. It can only help you, and the analytical skills you learn are important, and applicable, to a poli sci major.</p>
<p>I think op is most likely taking it for his GE. </p>
<p>This is ucsd’s major requirement for poli sci and the such:
[General</a> Political Science](<a href=“http://polisci.ucsd.edu/undergrad/major-and-minor-requirements/general.html]General”>General Political Science (B.A.))</p>
<p>I learned most of the material on my own time with the book, but I never really did the practice problems. As long as the text is sort of the same and goes over those important points, you should be fine. For practice problems, I used the ones the professors gave out.</p>