<p>How hard is majoring in Economics at UF? Is it essential to be really good at math, due to the two critical tracking math courses (stat and calc)?</p>
<p>I have had two friends that have majored in economics. They both really enjoyed the program. One decided to double major in economics and finance. She is now in law school. The calculus you would be taking is business calc which has no trig (sin, cos, tan) in it, so it should be easier. I am not sure about the stats because you guys take a different one. Which dept were you going to get the economics major from CLAS or business?</p>
<p>I would be entering the Business one. I might as well add that I'm going to be majoring in Eco to prepare for a business specialty in law school. I'm really good at math in terms of classes while im lackluster in standardized tests (~600 Math), that's what inspired my curiosity about the rigor of the classes</p>
<p>You should do fine. The classes are not insanely difficult. The math in beginning micro and macro is algebraic. Intermediate micro and macro uses some calculus but its not difficult if you spend the time. After that the classes are pretty interesting from what I hear.</p>
<p>That doesn't sound too bad. Thanks a lot for your help ASMAJ. I've been reviewing posts for about 2 weeks now and the amount of information you've contributed is awesome. I truly appreciate it and im sure most others in the UF section do too</p>
<p>The business econ is harder than the econ from CLAS since you have the additional business requirements. There are some courses that are pretty difficult (i.e. game theory), but for the most part, it is a pretty doable program.</p>
<p>Here some links:</p>
<p>Dept: <a href="http://www.cba.ufl.edu/upo/programs/eco.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.cba.ufl.edu/upo/programs/eco.asp</a></p>
<p>Requirements: <a href="http://www.cba.ufl.edu/eco/docs/udg_economics_as_a_major.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.cba.ufl.edu/eco/docs/udg_economics_as_a_major.pdf</a></p>
<p>Course Description: <a href="http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/programs/courses/econ.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/programs/courses/econ.html</a></p>
<p>Alumni: <a href="http://www.cba.ufl.edu/eco/docs/udg_undergraduate_economics_alumni.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.cba.ufl.edu/eco/docs/udg_undergraduate_economics_alumni.pdf</a></p>
<p>Are there any reasons that one would choose the CLAS Econ over the Biz Econ?</p>
<p>Usually if someone is doing a double major, CLAS Econ will be more compatible and manageable while completing your other degree. If you just want to study econ by itself, you should do business econ, imo.</p>
<p>my s is a double major economics and English in the CLAS with an eye on law school. he says that it hasn't been hard, he loves his upper level econ classes tremendously. Worst issue is making sure you take all the prerequisite courses when you need to, but now that he is a jr/sr, he has no problems.</p>
<p>He chose CLAS because he was already in that school, he started out as a biology major (so took all the calculus and sciences for science majors). The biggest bummer for him is that his chem courses don't count towards a "life science" so he has to take some dumb science class for non majors to fulfill the req. to go along with the bio for science majors that he already has.. Chem 1 and 2 are "electives" ooh how fun!</p>
<p>For those that have or are majoring in Econ, how would you rate it in terms of difficulty? </p>
<p>To use common examples i'll say that Engineering is a 10 on the scale (Must attend every class, take great notes, practice some every day), </p>
<p>and Sociology <em>no offense, its just been suggested as an easier major than most</em> is a 1</p>
<p>Since I'm sure someone would point this out: I am completely aware that the major can be varied. I would simply like to get an idea as to how it is generally or specifically (by year if possible).</p>
<p>I felt the need to re-state the question headlining the thread because I directed the question towards the math aspect.</p>
<p>hmmm I am thinking about an econ major as well</p>
<p>I would rank econ at about a 6, maybe a 7 if you take a hard route. If you are really interested in econ (i.e want to pursue an advanced degree), I would suggest you double in math as well -- it's a must for graduate study.</p>
<p>Thanks GatorEng23, any other takers in ranking it?</p>
<p>Depends solely on you.</p>
<p>My friend is a Biz Econ major right now... Hes not super strong in Math, but hes doing very well in it anyway. In fact, hes taking Game Theory right now and has been getting A's on the test.</p>
<p>Its very dependent on the person doing the major... Personally, I wouldn't rank Engineering as a 10, but Medicine... Engineering being maybe an 8. I'd place Econ around a 5 or 6... It depends on what your strengths and interests are.</p>
<p>I think it really depends on the person. People who are good at rote memorization generally don't have much problem with medical school. People who are good at figuring out strange new math and logic problems on the spot generally don't have much problem with economics. </p>
<p>I'm personally of the second group; I'm crap at memorization, good at math and logic. So in my opinion, Medicine and history are each 10, engineering 8, and economics 7. I suspect I'm in a particularly math-focused econ department, though. Many of my econ friends in Canada and the US do very little math and no econometrics at all, which would bring the difficulty of economics down to a 6 or in some cases even a 5.</p>