<p>Hello everybody!</p>
<p>Can I find out more about the Economics undergraduate department in WUSTL? Does the department focus on specific areas of economic study? Any courses that are particularly interesting? What do you think about the overall teaching quality? Just looking for more information to decide!</p>
<p>Thank you very much! :)</p>
<p><a href=“http://economics.wustl.edu/undergraduate/guide[/url]”>http://economics.wustl.edu/undergraduate/guide</a>. Read through it carefully. It’s better than anyone can explain to you.</p>
<p>That’s assuming blamper is interested in the Economics program in Arts and Sciences, not in the business school 
The difference between the two is that “Economics in the Arts & Sciences School emphasizes macroeconomic policy, whereas Economics & Strategy in the Olin Business School is more focused on consulting.”</p>
<p>jvtDad: Thanks for the link! Actually I have read it several times… It seems pretty generic so I thought I should find more information that are not described in the undergraduate guide…</p>
<p>RyanMK: I was referring to Economics from A&S but Economics & Strategy in the Business School sounds pretty interesting… Perhaps you can shed more light with regard to the latter? Tyvm!</p>
<p>Edit: If you want to know more about the B-School Econ major, all the info i know can be found on wustl’s website.</p>
<p>I wish I could provide more specific info, but I’m not actually in the business school, and I have never taken an economics class. Sorry :(</p>
<p>blamper: if you have any specific questions, you can email the department chair. Some of them are very responsive. We don’t have any dealing with the econ dept, however. I would suggest that you pull up the course schedule (via webstac). The offers change slightly from one year from the other. You can very much tell what the department offers each semester. Basically what offer in Fall 2012 are likely to be offered again in Fall 2013. Also, there’s a history link that you should look. One observation, and this is not econ, but some departments offer courses fairly infrequently (e.g., once in two years). Finally, I don’t think this is accurate in anyway, but if you’re curious about the faculty/course quality you can look at the evaluation found somewhere in webstac; an outside site does the same, but I don’t know the validity of it: [Washington</a> University in St. Louis - Missouri](<a href=“http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?the_dept=Economics&orderby=TLName&sid=1147]Washington”>http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?the_dept=Economics&orderby=TLName&sid=1147). HTH.</p>
<p>I second majored in Econ. I think it’s a really solid program with a lot of fantastic professors. If you have questions let me know, I’m not really sure what to say.</p>
<p>I focused more on the microeconomic side and utility theory, taking courses in game theory, econometrics, industrial organization, and economics of law as my upper level electives.</p>
<p>How are classes generally? Are the professors good? Fun and engaging? Is there a lot of focus on the quality of teaching? I’m a little worried as courses in Economics seem to score worse in Course Evaluation relatively to courses in other subjects even though it’s still generally around 70%? Economics also seem to be less popular in WUSTL compared to other colleges. Are the courses challenging/ difficult to score in? Do undergrads get a lot of opportunities to participate in research? Are there plenty of study abroad options for Economics majors?</p>
<p>Bump, i was wondering same thing</p>
<p>Anybody care to share their experience? Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Marcdvl, any opinions? :)</p>
<p>Many of the upper level courses are difficult. I skipped the intro classes from having 5’s on AP so only took 40" level courses.</p>
<p>They are no where near as time consuming as say my engineering or math classes, but can be tricky. You pretty much choose any upper level courses you want to take. If math is you weakness you can avoid math based classes for example. Most of the professors are good, but not all. A lot of the truly good professors only teach graduate Econ classes.</p>
<p>It’s really not a bad program at all, given how much freedom you have. There is also a really good selection of courses, and every semester there is a visiting professor that comes and teaches a new course. I played towards my math strengths and took courses in econometrics, game theory, etc.</p>
<p>Pm me if you have questions, I don’t check the message boards as much in the summer.</p>