<p>What would be a good minor w/ Economics? Would Philosophy or Poli Science be a good choice?</p>
<p>I keep hearing stats is a great choice.</p>
<p>whatever you would like to be a good minor with economics... seriously. What justification will you have if you choose to minor in something because you were told it was "good" by CC? </p>
<p>"Oh, i'm minoring in philosophy because I read on a chatboard that it's a good combo with Economics, even though I hate philosophy with a passion."</p>
<p>Well, math isn't my strongest subject. My parents want me to major in something marketible when I graduate...so I decided Econ since it has math, but not as intensive and I'm rather interested in it. I was deciding between Poli Sciene, Philosophy, Classics, or Psych., but they(my parents) rejected them. </p>
<p>311Griff, I was asking an opinion. Was that suppose to be sarcastic? Because if it was, it rubbed me the wrong way. I'm not an idiot who'll minor in something because someone told me so on a message board.</p>
<p>Now you're getting rubbed the wrong way by a message board? I'm sorry, I won't be able to help you with that. Nevertheless, let me tell you a little secret: I'm an accounting major, and the hardest math I have encountered, outside of calculus and statistics classes, has been in my economics classes. Just an FYI, the math in economics is pretty tricky</p>
<p>I don't need smart aleck remarks like your first post. As you can tell, I'm not in a good mood so don't fuel it.</p>
<p>It depends on what you want to go into. If you want to get an MBA, go for statistics or math, since they will aid your quantitative skills to be developed. If you want the JD, LLM or LLB, go for a minor in either political science, philosophy, english or history. I would recommend taking a minor that you excel and feel most suited to. If you are good and comfortable regarding philosophy, take a minor in that. If you are good in sociology, take a minor in that. Economics tends to be one of the tougher liberal arts majors. So to have a higher gpa combat it with a minor you are capable of managing fairly easily. Employees will not take a minor into account that heavily. As soon as they see a major in economics, if the gpa is high, they will look favorably on you.</p>
<p>However, you say you want to shy away from math. Economics is literally math, and it is fairly difficult. I will decree that economics is a combination of a social science and math. It is not an easy major. But its a major that opens many doors and a major that employers view as one of the more difficult (along with engineering, math, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science).</p>
<p>Take what you want since you're already taking Economics.</p>
<p>I'm taking Economics with Politics because I love both subjects.
Though, I might switch over to English if politics doesn't float my boat.</p>
<p>Just remember, you only live once.
So, might as well learn something you love.</p>
<p>If economics as a subject interests you, but you're not so much interested in the analytical paraphernalia of it and you hate math, you may want to consider becoming informed on economics on your own (i.e. read lots of books) instead of majoring in it. It's early, let your interests develop on their own. And that's why this quote bothers me:</p>
<p>"I was deciding between Poli Sciene, Philosophy, Classics, or Psych., but they(my parents) rejected them."</p>
<p>This worries me greatly. You need to understand (and explain this to your parents), that if you aren't allowed to follow your interests, you're not only going to be doing something you hate, you're going to suck at it. </p>
<p>And since you're interested in econ, here's a relevant quote from the authors of Freakonomics. Feel free to show it to your parents:</p>
<p>"...when it comes to choosing a life path, you should do what you love because if you don't love it, you are unlikely to work hard enough to get very good. Most people naturally don't like to do things they aren't "good" at. So they often give up, telling themselves they simply don't possess the talent for math or skiing or the violin. But what they really lack is the desire to be good and to undertake the deliberate practice that would make them better."</p>
<p>hmm...</p>
<p>Well, I'm very unhappy where I am(NIU) so I may transfer(looking at UIUC) at the end of my sophomore yr. I'm scared if I wait a semester, let's say I choose Econ as my major, I'll be behind the course requirements for UIUC.</p>
<p>Decisions: the thing that makes life so interesting.</p>
<p>Economics is not mostly math, atleast at Purdue is actually has less math than management, accounting, industrial mgmt etc. You only take one statistics class instead of two. You do have to take Calc I & II, but you also have to for mgmt.</p>
<p>I thought there was 2 tracks for Economics the Math intensive track 4 graduate school and the non math intensive track just aim towards working after undergrad.</p>
<p>I'm an incoming freshman at UCSD majoring in management science, which is offered by the economics department and has almost an idential courseload with an economics degree. I had hoped to go into business after college, but was rejected from Cal and UCLA; I was accepted to USC's business program but cannot afford the tuiton there and was offered little financial aid. On the UCSD website there is a comparison between a management science degree at UCSD and a Business Administration degree at Berkeley; they are 3/4 identical. However, I am unsure how useful a management science degree would be in pursuing a degree in business, although I dont have much of a choice at UCSD. Pretty much what I'm asking is, what are the job opportunities for someone with a management science or economics degree in general?</p>
<p>The academic level of an undergraduate degree in economics really depends on where you do it. FYI, in every country in the world except the United States and Canada (as far as I know), economics leads to a bachelor of science, not a bachelor of arts. </p>
<p>I know economics majors at McGill who will get a BA in Economics without ever taking a single introductory course in econometrics, advanced calculus, linear algebra, or differential equations. Actually, I don't think they are even required to take a lower level calculus course; one of my mates was actually complaining about it because he wishes they would have forced him to take it so that he could better understand the math that is used constantly in intermediate micro and macro. A single intro to stats course is required at McGill, but big deal. Economics in North America seems to be more about writing essays than doing math. (I am Canadian, btw)</p>
<p>I don't think this applies to all universities though. Some of the excellent North American universities do have more stringent requirements (MIT, for example).</p>
<p>Anyway, to answer the OP, minor in whatever the heck you want. Nobody will care what your minor was, so choose something you genuinely like. Besides, the more you like what you are studying, the better the grades you will get, which will lead to a higher GPA and as a result better job prospects. So gently let your parents know that they should get a grip for crying out loud.</p>