<p>Does an economics major require alot of writing? Will you need to have good writing skills? Which is more important for an economics major, maths or english?</p>
<p>At the undergraduate level Math is more important. Though there is some writing involved in the upper classes; and obviously, if you become a PhD, you will have to write a lot.</p>
<p>Math is probably more important but if you feel weak in writing, definitely take more than just the bare-minimum or basic writing classes. Almost every job posting, regardless of profession, has “strong written and oral communication skills” under requirements. By taking even a couple more classes than most students, you can at least prove your competency in writing/composition. Most hiring managers are often in their 30’s and 40’s and assume our generation is as dumb as a rock because of all the short-hand, alpha-numeric pseudo English they see their kids texting/IM’ing/etc. If this is a habit of yours be careful; you would be surprised when I was a TA in undergrad how many freshman students would submit papers with the letter “u” in place of “you”…good luck</p>
<p>Thank you for the help!</p>
<p>It’s a major that requires extensive math skills, writing skills of a 4th grader is enough for undergrad level.</p>
<p>Economics is more math intensive than most people think. Some writing is required but it is mostly graphing and learning how to use formulas and numbers to solve problems regarding allocation of scarce resources.</p>
<p>At first I would say that economics begins as more of a general theory type study and therefore involves more writing than serious math. However, as you progress beyond your introductory economics classes sufficiency in math will become vitally important. If you do lack in skill of either of those areas you should try and work on improving them even if your major doesn’t specifically require it. Those areas are ones in which you will need to use and apply throughout the rest of your life and trying to avoid those difficulties now and have that affect your decision on what major you select in college is ill-advised.</p>