<p>Provided that I get into pre biz/econ, how hard is it to get a 3.5 or A/B in the 2 classes that are required to get accepted permanently into biz/econ?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>As always, depends mostly on the professor. They are "weeder" classes, so expect them to be somewhat difficult. However, I believe that if you like economics, your math skills are decent, and you devote the necessary time, most anyone should be able to make the cut.</p>
<p>As a Computer Science major who's taking Economics to fulfill his "coherent-group" major requirement, and has recently taken those two courses, I think Econ 11 and Econ 101 (the critical prerequisities for Business Economics) are as fierce as most South Campus classes. The professor usually curves the class to the midpoint between a B/B-, which means you've got to be in the top 32% to get into the major (A-/B+). Econ 11 will test your knowledge of optimization problems, while Econ 101 will test your skill at abstract decision-making... Brandnew2 can fill you in since he's a bonafide Biz-Econ major himself. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Wow Flopsy, I may quote you on that when the south campus majors talk smack...econ seems to be respected by most though.</p>
<p>Your description about the curve may be true with some professors, but last quater Econ 11 was not curved, in fact it was "adjusted" in the student's favor, (i.e. I believe that essentialy the total number of possible points was reduced, hence boosting everyones %).</p>
<p>This quarter, Econ 101 has had similar treatment. On both midterms an A+ was about 92/100.</p>
<p>Many econ professors avoid competitive curving because it discourages student cooperation, a thought to be expected out of an economist.</p>
<p>But I'll restate my first point, it really depends on the professor.</p>
<p>True, not all Econ classes are curved depending on the professor (e.g. Econ 1, Econ 2)... Maybe I was just unlucky to have curved Econ 11 and Econ 101 classes. These deceptively hard North Campus classes will be the end of me. :rolleyes:</p>