<p>Right now I am planning on attending CU Boulder and was wondering whether it would be more beneficial to take economics or finance. I am looking for what some may call the "easy" way out. During high school there existed an Ib program and an AP program. The Ib program was significantly harder and took a hit on my gpa while I could've easily taken AP courses and gotten straight A's and the same amount of college credit. I am looking to avoid this type of scenario. I was wondering which program is stronger at CU (a difficulty assessment would also be helpful because I may be planning to transfer to a better school thus gpa is essential)? Also which program offers more readily available job prospects? Also it may be useful to know that I may be planning to get an MBA. I</p>
<p>I think there was a thread a few days ago asking this… Finance would be considered “easier” in terms of grades, because Economics is a lot of math and formulas to try to predict future market gains or losses. It all comes down to if you want more math, or less math.</p>
<p>This is impossible for us to answer. You need to look at the specific course requirements for the majors at your school. That will tell you which one is easier based on which areas you’re strong in.</p>
<p>Econ/finance can range from exactly the same to nothing alike depending on the school.</p>
<p>Here in California it’s difficult to compare. The top schools & UCs generally offer economics and the normal cal state schools generally offer finance (as a business emphasis). </p>
<p>If economics is “harder”, it’s probably because your 3.90 GPA classmates have raised the bar compared to a normal business class being graded on a curve. The material doesn’t look that different to me.</p>