Econ and math

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<p>Hi, I'm going to be a college freshman in the fall (don't ask me where because I haven't decided yet).</p>

<p>A bit of background for my question: I'm not a math person--I like my AP Calculus AB class right now, but generally math is definitely not something that comes naturally to me. I have to work very hard to do well and I would not want to be doing math all day.</p>

<p>That being said, how much math does a standard economics BA REALLY require?<a href="And%20by%20%22standard,%22%20I%20mean%20NOT%20math/econ,%20NOT%20accounting/econ,%20NOT%20business%20economics,%20but%20an%20economics%20major%20that%20is%20not%20combined%20with%20any%20other%20field%20of%20study.">/b</a> I know that econ majors have to take a few econometrics courses, but **is math a more pervasive or less pervasive aspect of economics? Or does it depend on what upper division courses you take?</p>

<p>And for those of you who have an econ degree and are out in the working world, what kind job do you have, and how much math are you doing every day? Actually, what ARE the various kinds of jobs that you can get with an economics BA alone?</p>

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<p>I think it depends on the school and the degree, for example Rice Universities econ degree only requires Calc 1 but their Financial Econ degree requires up to Calc 3.</p>

<p>If you are looking to get a masters or phd in Econ you will need a lot of math.</p>

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<p>Thanks, barrk123.</p>

<p>Does anyone have more detailed comments? Or feedback based on personal experience?</p>

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<p>Depends on the curriculum for the bachelors in Econ; seems to vary depending on university. Econometrics seems to be more statistics based. Micro and Macroeconomics were not math intensive. Undergrad maybe more theory based; the prereqs. should list if you need calculus or not.</p>