<p>Hey,</p>
<p>So I’m having a really tough time choosing between Brandeis and Oberlin… I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about the economics departments of each of them? I’ll be majoring in Economics, so this is important to know, but I can’t seem to find the information anywhere.</p>
<p>Anyone?</p>
<p>I don’t know about Oberlin but I can tell you about Brandeis. The econ major is the most popular one at Brandeis. Here’s the site: [Economics</a> | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/economics/]Economics”>Department of Economics | Brandeis University)
Students enjoy resources from the International Business School, which was ranked one of the 15 best business schools in the country [Brandeis</a> University International Business School: Business, Economics and Finance for Global Leadership](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/global/]Brandeis”>Brandeis International Business School) You can do joint BA/MAief programs through IBS. Look at the listing of Undergraduate Departmental Reps here: [08-09</a> UDRs | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/das/programs/udr/reps_08-09.html]08-09”>http://www.brandeis.edu/das/programs/udr/reps_08-09.html) Contact Econ (and Business UDRs if interested) </p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>The Undergraduate Advising Head for Economics, Prof. Coiner is one of the most popular professors at Brandeis. He often teaches the Intro class and he’s really funny and a really good teacher. I’m trying to take a class he offers on Economcis of Education as a non-econ major senior because I enjoyed that class (which also fulfills the quantitative reasoning distribution requirement) He’s also known to be very approachable, I’ve seen him sometimes chatting with students while having lunch in the student dining hall. I also really liked when I took Econ 2a that he held review sessions before exams himself.
Next Sunday, Professor Mankiw, the well-known Harvard prof who wrote the book used in that class, is coming to campus as part of a panel to discuss the economic issues related to Obama’s first 100 days in Office.
I also know I believe 2 Brandeis undergrads who TA’d in the Intro class as juniors, so that would be another opportunity.</p>
<p>Oberlin has a fine economics department but it does lack a graduate business school and an undergrad business program. This coming year, Brandeis is launching an innovative undergrad Business major in conjunction with IBS in which economics will of course play a key role. The international focus of the grad business school–incredibly appropriate for the international economy in which we live–undoubtedly will add international flavor to the new undergrad Business major. That major will have a liberal arts focus unlike a lot of undergrad Business programs. Here’s a link to an article discussing it:</p>
<p>[Brandeis</a> Business is practical, unique - Op-Ed](<a href=“http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2009/03/03/OpEd/Brandeis.Business.Is.Practical.Unique-3656072.shtml]Brandeis”>http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2009/03/03/OpEd/Brandeis.Business.Is.Practical.Unique-3656072.shtml)</p>