<p>Hey folks, I have found myself in a very common boat, I no longer know what I want to major in. I was dead set on being a Political Science major and then head off to law school after I completed my undergrad, but over the past couple of months I did a lot of research into the field of economics and I have been hooked.</p>
<p>At the moment, I am not sure if I really want to get into Economics as a major. I heard that the weedier classes are very demanding. On top of that I am not the best math person in the world. I always had to study my ass off just to get a B in my honors mathematics class back in high school. But I am not letting that be a determining factor on whether I should major in Economics or not.</p>
<p>Is there anybody that can give me a heads up as to how difficult it is and what type of classes I would be taking. I found that I have to take Mathematics 31A and 31B, those classes alone are what scare me the most about entering this major. What happens if I don't get a 36/60 on the math placement exam, will that be a bad thing or will I just have to enroll in Math 1 and then move up to 31A? </p>
<p>If you got into UCLA then you're probably going to get at least 36/60 on the Mathematics Diagnostic Examination... And Math 31A/31B is nothing compared to Econ 103. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Well, there's a lot of math involved in econ, that's just how it is. You can't avoid it. The math itself isn't terribly difficult, but you'll be using it often and you have to have your fundamentals down solid. If you want to do well in anything past intro level econ, you have to be comfortable with things like calculus derivatives, optimization problems, etc. Intro econ doesn't really involve too much of that, but taking econ 11 is a good way to test yourself to see if you really want to go into the major, because it's the first course in the econ sequence that requires calculus. A lot of people take intro econ, are really attracted by the theory, and then take econ 11 and find out that they hate it. But everyone's different, you just have to find out for yourself.</p>
<p>im guessing 31a/b is the equivalent to calculus ab/bc. if you love it, go for it. i loved econ but i also loved govt. so im basically in the same pickle as you. but im assuming that high school econ is much simpler than the major. im thinking about majoring in poli sci and having econ as a minor. maybe you should think about that. hope i helped.</p>