<p>I took the AP Econ test and got 5's on both micro and macro. However, I might want to take the intro class again considering that 1)I've forgotten most of the stuff already so I likely won't do well on the placement tests 2)I'd like to start college on a high GPA.</p>
<p>So, what classes/textbooks did you use? What are some of the stuff you suggest me to read/learn before I arrive on campus? I'm trying to be a little more productive with the summer.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>also, where I can find a list of the mandatory core classes? I’d like to get started on some of those readings as well.</p>
<p>I’m not an econ major. But with regards to core classes: a little google-fu might help…</p>
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<p>Not an Econ major either, but my roommate is. I’m pretty sure most Econ students take mainly math classes their first year. The MATH 150s use the 10th ed. of One Variable Calculus by Salas, and I don’t know about the other math levels but you could look on UChicago course evaluations to find out. I’m pretty sure the Intro to Microeconomics class uses Principles of Microeconomics 6th edition by Mankiw. Again, course evaluations and the Seminary Co-op website are the best sources of info for textbooks.</p>
<p>Don’t take the intro classes. Even if you hadn’t take AP Economics, I would still suggest against taking them. (They’re listed as a prereq for 200/202, but it’s a very ‘soft’ prereq and a lot of friends skipped them). </p>
<p>Take 200.Don’t bother reading ahead, it won’t help all that much… plus, you’ll have trouble tracking down a copy of Lima Notes from home (unless you’re from Chicago), and that’s the only textbook worth reading for the UChi econ sequence. Varian is terrible and avoids calculus. Actually, on the topic of calculus, if you have to take the 150s then it will be hard to take 200 (200 uses multivariate, but really simply multivariate). You can take 200 in the Spring, after taking some MATH. I suppose all my advice is pretty contingent on where you place in math. Have you taken AP BC Calc? </p>
<p>Also, there are no ‘mandatory core classes.’ Within each core topic, there are a number to choose from. The reading list varies between each class and even between each professor of the same class. They’re given quite a bit of leeway with their curriculum.</p>
<p>You really should complete multivariable calculus (at a minimum) and ideally linear algebra before starting intermediate micro. There is zero intellectual link between introductory theory and the intermediate sequences. A better gauge of your capacity for the economic major is something like AP Physics C (whatever the calculus one is) or the harder of the two AP calculus sequences. </p>
<p>For a student taking calculus in their first year, then you would take multivariate in the fall and do the intermediate micro sequence in winter / spring. For a student taking any of the multivariate sequences ranging from the basics up to real analysis in their first year, you should be able to start intermediate micro in the spring of your first year or the fall of your 2nd year. </p>
<p>You really can complete the economics major your junior / senior years if you don’t study abroad, so it is better to nail down the mathematical prerequisites rather than rush into the courses. You really do want to get the math, stat, econometrics as well as your core requirement out of the way first.</p>