<p>My school has two different math series. Math 16 series is the easy calculus, made for social science majors such as economics and psychology, while Math 21 calculus series is for engineers and math majors. My economics department recommends that econ majors take the Math 21 series if thinking about applying to business school in the future. Do business schools even care, or is this recommendation because the more math experience the better?</p>
<p>To go to economics grad school you need to have serious math under your belt. Like I have posted in other threads, economics is a pretty weak degree unless it is complimented with area field, especially math. Math allows you to move economics into the practical arena (modeling and such).</p>
<p>Yeah, the econ department recommends Math 21 for prospective b-school and econ grad school students…did they just throw b-school in there?</p>
<p>I would tend to say yes, but some others on this board might be more knowledgeable. As long as you take Statistics and Calculus I, then I don’t think a MBA program is going to fault you. As an economics major you typically have to take at least one econometrics course, as well.</p>
<p>In my school , Linear algebra, Calculus, statistiscs are all prerequisites for Quantitive methods in Economics, which is a prerequisite for Econometrics. So, I`d say yes math is important.</p>