<p>I'm considering taking ECN100 Interm. Micro Econ and ECN101 Interm. Macro Econ at Davis during Summer session 1 and 2, respectively. Someone told me that summer classes are typically easier. Is that true? I'm not sure coz I think Econ courses are like very math intensive and summer is lot shorter than regular quarters.</p>
<p>And, how about course load if I take 1 econ and 1 other major upper division course for each session. I'm shooting for 'As'. How many hours required to study each week in order to get that?</p>
<p>Well I can’t comment on your specific classes, but I felt a little overwhelmed at some points taking one relatively hard course (calcII for engineers) over the summer at a UC. I am under the impression that the core upper division econ classes (100 series) are quite time consuming. Since these are important classes to do well in, I would probably recommend only taking one course at a time. Econ 1 isn’t all that hard, but you might as well just fit that into your regular schedule at your CCC.</p>
<p>I’ve taken both intermediate macro and intermediate micro during my spring 09 quarter and it really wasn’t that difficult for me(got A’s in both). They might be upper divs, but you just really have to study and dedicate time towards them. I know my inter. micro class had a pretty high failure rate (curve saved some of them), so make sure you don’t put too much on your plate. Now that’s spring quarter, the summer quarter they will be cramming the whole quarter in to a few weeks. There will be less time for the professor to go over difficult concepts that usually takes 1-2 class lectures, so it will be up to you to figure things out. If you think you can handle it, go for it.
Micro is more math intensive compared to macro, but as long as you know most math concepts you should be fine. I had a friend take Econometrics over the summer (more math intensive) and he said the class was quite time consuming, but he was able to get a B+/A-. I can’t really tell you how many hours a week you need to study because it depends on how well you understand the concepts and also how much the professor will try to cram in one session.</p>
<p>No, the contrary, because the semester curriculum is impacted into the shorter summer session, yet it’s the same (quantitatively) curriculum, usually. Less time to master, really.</p>