<p>Is anyone gonna take the stats prereq over the summer? do we have to take it before the fall semester?</p>
<p>I am going to be taking them during my first semester. I believe there are at least two course we have to take before we are considered for Berkeley Economics.</p>
<p>Isn’t the stats class a prereq for transfer though (according to assist.org)? what happens if we don’t take it before fall semester?</p>
<p>i might, i haven’t thought things through since i didn’t think i was gonna get into haas, but now that i have i will double in econ since econ’s my primary interest lol :]</p>
<p>The stats class is NOT a prereq for transfer because it is calculus based. No CC offers a stat class like that.</p>
<p>well chabot college offers an equivalent for that course, but i guess we’re allowed to take it our first semester. im just making sure because i dont wanna be screwed</p>
<p>I want to switch from political econ to regular econ, and I might.</p>
<p>Just take the classes, get good grades and you will get in.</p>
<p>I think you need a 3.0+ at berkeley to get in.</p>
<p>I would like to take 1-2 classes during the summer at Cal. For someone who wants to do finance, should I major in math instead or get a minor in math?</p>
<p>^ I’d like to know as well</p>
<p>^ I am interested in this too, I would assume more math could only help.</p>
<p>@ o0racle</p>
<p>Well, I know finance is applied economics or a subset of it. I would assume extensive knowledge of economics would be helpful, however one needs a strong analytical background too. Some finance does not require a lot of math, but some finance does.</p>
<p>a statistics background would be far more helpful that a math major/minor for finance.</p>
<p>Hmm, what do you think of the major applied math w/ an emphasis in econ?</p>
<p>Really? Statistics is so narrow. At least mathematics is broad and seems more rigorous. Honestly, I don’t know. I know stats is good for actuaries, but that would be a last resort.</p>
<p>how is statistics narrow? By statistics i do not mean the statistics course you took at community college. I’m talking about courses in probability theory, stochastic processes, etc. All the models in financial economics are statistical models that are designed to forecast future prices. There is no need to learn topics like analysis, algebra, or topology if your goal is to study finance.</p>
<p>edit: this is coming from an applied math/econ double major that is studying for the Econ 136 (Financial Economics) final.</p>
<p>Just do econometrics and you should be in a good position.</p>
<p>Jet, are you at Berkeley or UCLA?</p>
<p>berkeleyyy</p>
<p>OK so you are telling me to go stats instead of math, even though you are majoring in math?</p>