<p>What are the cons and pros of each?</p>
<p>Duke has basketball and freeforall. Cornell has everything else.</p>
<p>Duke = Econ in the South close to UNC girls
Cornell = Econ in the tundra</p>
<p>I don't think there is that much of a difference. Most higher-tier universities (Ivy league and equivalent) are strong in economics, and you would get a great education either way. I recommend making your decision based on which university you prefer overall, rather than focusing on the economics departments in particular. </p>
<p>This may not be true for more obscure majors, but I would expect economics to be relatively similar everywhere.</p>
<p>True, but also each Economics program is different based on the direction of the Economics Program. For instance, if the Chair of the Economics department is highly into econometrics the theme of the economics program might be more quantitative and math oriented, as opposed to a more analytical approach somewhere else. But if that doesn't matter for you, then I would pick where you just feel is a better fit and then everything else will align itself.</p>
<p>Personally I didn't like our Econ dept when i was thinking of being a major. That being said, it may just be that I didn't like econ and would have had a similar experience elsewhere. I just thought it wasn't as personable as other departments we have at Duke.</p>
<p>Steven,</p>
<p>You need to ignore hazmat's hostility - he seems to have an anti-Duke bias and go around this board making snide (frankly-troll-esque) comments.</p>
<p>Our economics department is the largest department at Duke, which means a great variety of courses and professors.</p>
<p>Economics here - I can't speak to Cornell - is taught at a level of principles for the first couple years before moving to specific applications later on.</p>
<p>As a premed, Economics has been wonderful and applicable. Our department really does place a high emphasis on its students, and the faculty are extremely knowledgeable and available.</p>
<p>Finally, for a traditional economics major looking for a career in business, our students do extremely well, with many of them moving to employers on Wall Street after their academic careers.</p>
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<p>Alex - who did you take econ with? If Cowgill was included, he has a reputation for being one of our worse professors and that might explain a lot.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, esp. dukeclassof09, adeasy11, alex, and bluedevil. One more specific question: How does Duke's economics compare to Cornell's in regards to international perspective--Chinese--and my future career as an entrepreneur.</p>
<p>im a freshman dukie.. i guess you could call me an "entreprenuer".. i started a company this semester.. also majoring in econ and chinese..</p>
<p>dunno about cornell.. but i an tell you duke has been great</p>
<p>I know Duke has at least one economics class that specifically focuses on China, and there are others with a broad international perspective.</p>
<p>Below is the link to the schedule of courses for the past several years. It might be worth looking through the econ department's past offerings and seeing if anything catches your eye.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/%5B/url%5D">http://www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/</a></p>