<p>Hey guys. How would you all rank (due to reputation or personal experience) the following in terms of difficulty for the average student? I know it's sometimes hard to compare Econ to Math to Stats, so let's assume that difficulty of mathematical concepts in each course acts as the biggest factor in overall difficulty for the average student.</p>
<p>@ex-roommate: Suddenly interested in doing math? If you’re going to take 104, 110, and 185, you should just take up applied math as your second major. I’m taking Econ 103 this Spring. Care to join?</p>
<p>so i got an email reply from my former GSI, and he says apparently the Econ major is pretty worthless without math/stats backing it up. i’ve known this intuitively for some time, but i didn’t want to admit it even.</p>
<p>as for math and stats, i plan on taking at least m104, m110, and st134.<br>
maybe the suggested m150, m105, m170, and st 135 if i’m not in a perpetual facepalm by then.</p>
<p>i dunno about 103 this spring, since I’ll already be taking math54 and Econ 101A (math-intensive micro). i heard 103 is a cakewalk for math majors but dreaded for econ majors. lol. </p>
<p>great news for me, seeing how i’m such a stud at math.
… :(</p>
<p>I’ve taken almost all of these, except for the overlap, i.e. 100 and 101</p>
<p>In order of increasing difficulty.</p>
<p>Econ 100a-100b
Econ 101a-101b
Math 185
Math 53
Econ 141
Math 110
Math/Econ 103
Math 104
Math 54
Stat 134
Math 105 (Well i took 202b)</p>
<p>Don’t know about these:
-Econ 104 (Advanced Microeconomics) - Dunno
-Econ 142 (Applied Econometrics/Public Policy) should be the same as 141
-Stat 135 (Statistics) - Taking it now
-Stat 150 (Stochastic Processes)</p>
<p>Note - none of these classes are particularly difficult.</p>
<p>I was asking him more specifically about grad school, and he strongly recommended that I go the math-heavy route. He said that contemporary economics is so heavily rooted in mathematics that he would recommend majoring in math over majoring in economics (this coming form an econ gsi!).</p>
<p>I guess going into Biz or Law (where soft skills rule) with an Econ degree might not need the strong math background, but anything within the academic Econ realm depends on math for its legitimacy.</p>
<p>@mruncleramos:
I thought that 53 was awfully tough at times (vector calc turned my brain to mush)
and now i’m taking Stat134, a good 6 spots harder on your depth chart.
■■■.</p>
<p>Math 54 is considered more difficult than 104? I thought analysis was considered the most difficult of the upper div undergrad math classes, second maybe only to 105. But I’ve only taken up to 110 so far so I wouldn’t know.</p>
<p>“Math 54 is considered more difficult than 104?” </p>
<p>You should take my list with a grain of salt. Some people have an affinity towards the material.</p>
<p>econ - 202b was like 202a. That’s as much as I can say. If you like analysis you’ll like the class.</p>
<p>“Is Math 54 really tougher than Econ 141? :S” - 141 was one of the easiest classes I’ve ever taken. 54 was tough for me since the material was so boring.</p>
