<p>As a prospective economics majorer, I wish to get a more detailed insight towards the amount of number and quantative vigour in the Economics major? For those who are participating in this; are you struggling with the Mathematical content? If you are, how good would you say you were already at Math?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>The requirement is only Calc 1. That means you can graduate with an econ degree from UM with just knowledge of Calc 1. But the better courses like ECON 405 (econ stats) and ECON 406 (econometrics) require at least Calc 2. The more math you know, the better.</p>
<p>The recommended courses for the quantitative approach to economics: Math 215, 217, 316.</p>
<p>Alexandre has his degree in econ (studied the quantitative side of econ). He'll explain better because he's actually taken graduate level courses as an undergrad. I can't tell you about the actual econ program because I'm not planning to major in it anymore.</p>
<p>I've only been alive for six weeks, I know nothing of the world beyond this dog's stomach ... and I still find ElWilson incredibly pretentious.</p>
<p>You should know calc III and linear algebra is helpful. Classes like econ 409 are pretty quantitative and the kids who struggle in econ 401 usually do it because they don't know how to do calculus. Make sure you understand calculus. At the undergrad level, you don't have to know too much math, but at the grad level you definitely do.</p>
<p>You can get by with Cal I and intro to statistics, but you won't be able to really delve into Economics. If you really want to take some of the more interesting classes, you really must take Calc II and intermediate level states. Calc III and Linear Algebra are also very useful. In short, you don't have to be a math wiz, but you should be very comfortablew with basic mathematics if you really want to take Econ to the "next" level.</p>