<p>I want to declare economics as my major, but my ultimate goal is medical school. Since I'm not looking to enter the business industry or get a job or anything, would the math courses be important still? I want hope to get a dual degree in medicine and public health in the future.</p>
<p>didn’t mean to add the “want” in the last sentence there</p>
<p>Well calc 1 is required for the major or minor regardless as you’ll need it to take Econ 401 and 402. You’ll need to be able to do partial derivatives, and calc 1 also helps to understand some basic concepts. Calc 2 isn’t really beneficial, although understanding anti derivatives helped me on one question in the 401 final. </p>
<p>If you have ap’d out of calc, it might be beneficial to still take it as you’ll probably be taking 401 either sophomore or junior year and 2 full years without any math exposure may put you at a disadvantage. </p>
<p>Can’t say yet for econ 404 and statistics before it. Maybe someone else can offer input?</p>
<p>Oh! And early welcome to Michigan :D</p>
<p>If I understand correctly, Calc 2 is recommended (but not required) at a lot of medical schools? You can major in Econ without taking anything beyond that. I think you need credit for either 121 (which is Calc 2 from AP credit) or 115 (which is Calc 1). Either way, I think knowing what an integral is will help you understand some of the concepts you encounter in Econ, even if you won’t have to calculate one directly.</p>