How would you rate this course in the US?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Hi, I'm about to do an undergraduate course in economics at an EU university (not UK), and I just wondered how this course would be rated or compared to a course in business or economics in the US, based on the course contents.</p>

<p>Is this course less pure economics and more business-oriented?</p>

<p>Would I have any possibility to transfer to a good US uni with credits from the first year (first two semesters)?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance...</p>

<p>Semester 1.1</p>

<p>Introduction to the legal system
Mathematics
Management
Economic history</p>

<p>Semester 1.2</p>

<p>Accounting and financial statement analysis
Financial mathematics
Microeconomics</p>

<p>Semester 2.1</p>

<p>Introduction to the legal system 2
Financial markets and institutions
Statistics
Macroeconomics</p>

<p>Semester 2.2</p>

<p>Marketing
Organization
European economic policy
Corporate finance
Public management</p>

<p>Semester 3.1</p>

<p>Comparative business law
International and european law
Business strategy
Technology and operations
International economics</p>

<p>Semester 3.2</p>

<p>Labour economics
Electives
Applied research
Final work</p>

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<p>This is a side-question, and I would be happy if you would answer this as well. Could you please tell me what good books and websites I could consult, or suggest extra-curricular activities I could integrate with the above programme, in order to obtain a good preparation in the subjects of the first two semesters and raise my chances of transfering well?</p>

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<p>If you want to go into graduate school for econ, that is a very poor class load. Put if want to work in the finance industry it seems ok to me.</p>

<p>Yes it does seem like less of a true econ degree and more of a business or mangement econ degree.</p>

<p>What kind of math class is that?</p>

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<p>According to the professor, we'll cover a little more than half of this book
<a href="http://www.wwnorton.com/college/titles/econ/math/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wwnorton.com/college/titles/econ/math/&lt;/a>
in the first semester.</p>

5

<p>You guys cover multivariate calculus in secondary school?</p>

<p>Does everyone in secondary school cover multivariate calculus.</p>

6

<p>I don't even know what's the meaning of it.
After reading the wikipedia article about it I think we did a few things in it, but really very few exercises.</p>

7

<p>That would explain why you are limiting your self to the first half of the book then. Since the second half goes deeply into multivariate calculus. </p>

<p>If you want to transfer by next fall you should by applying very soon, since the admission proccess takes some time. </p>

<p>Have you taken TOEFL yet, if not you should.</p>

8

<p>I understand now! Do you think a bit of self-study will bring me to the standards of US undergrads?</p>

<p>I'm registering for the TOEFL these days, though I thought I would need only the SAT since I'm mothertongue english (I speak english at home).</p>

<p>Which unis do you think are most likely to consider admitting me as a transfer student with credits from the above mentioned subjects?</p>

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<p>If you want to get a job out of college it seems fine. Barely.</p>