<p>Anybody know how Georgetown's Economics program stacks up against the big-name schools with top departments?</p>
<p>How good is it overall for undergraduates?</p>
<p>it's georgetown so its bound to be good, if you're looking to do graduate study georgetown is a good place to start. i suggest looking at the intl. economics program in the sfs which is more ir-oriented but it is highly regarded as one of the best in the country. the only thing is the econ dept.'s grading scale which is generally harsher than the ivy leagues, who tend to inflate grades.</p>
<p>Econ dept has policy to give 25% A/A-'s, 50% B/B-'s, and 25% C or lower. Pretty actively deflated. Also, the intro professors are brutally hard. The final for Schwartz made me want to jump off a bridge. Can't help you beyond that sorry.</p>
<p>Haha taking the final for Schwartz in T-minus 2 hours...wish me luck!</p>
<p>Haha, good luck !</p>
<p>From the perspective of an economics professor, it's a well-regarded program with a set of internationally-known professors. An economics degree from GT would be viewed by the economics profession very favorably. I can't speak to the teaching there, of course.</p>
<p>Whew. For a second I thought you were Schwartz!</p>
<p>Ha ha -- no, I don't even know him although I have a few friends in the department.</p>
<p>I hear the business/economics curriculum is prestigious. Then again, so is any GTown degree!</p>
<p>Is the program mathy?</p>
<p>I think any Econ degree is mathy.</p>
<p>Thanks tlesc01...but is Georgetown's economics department very mathematics oriented relative to other economics departments?</p>
<p>the intl econ major in the sfs had 3 different tracks you can take. if you take the track most suitable for grad school, it'll be pretty mathy. But if you do intl pol economy you can get by with very little math (relative for an econ major). because of the focus of the sfs, you can really make the major suit whatever you want to do, more so than your typical undergraduate program. I also got into uchicago, and from what I researched, uchicago had more math required, but with georgetown you had greater flexibility with regards to how much math you wanted to do.</p>
<p>However, if you do intend to go to grad school, you better be ready to prove your math skills, at georgetown or whatever school you choose.</p>
<p>generally the thing that i liked most about the georgetown econ department is while it isnt as prestigious as the really big names, it is much more application oriented, not just theories. so our professors wont be nobel prize winners or revolutionaries in the field, but they will be experts regarding trade policy, development, etc. there's a reason sfs degrees are a b.s.(fs), and its because they teach you to be a practicioner much more than other schools do.</p>
<p>Haha btw, I got a 108/200 on Schwartz's exam (54%) and my TA said I'm in the top quarter of the class for overall grade...to put this class in perspective! (Last year a 70% was still an A for the final).</p>
<p>how is it compared to UChicago?</p>
<p>Honestly I don't think it compares to UChicago, which I don't know THAT much about, but Chicago is a legendary econ school whereas Georgetown is not.</p>