<p>To major in economics, one of the requirements is to take Math 102 but I can't find what that is anywhere.</p>
<p>I was wondering about that too. Maybe they just messed up and meant 103.</p>
<p>No, it's a new class. It focuses only on the parts of 103 that are relevant to econ.</p>
<p>Wait, so can you still take 103 instead of 102?</p>
<p>I don't see why not. The calculus requirements refer to "demonstrated proficiency." I'm personally not taking either - I took multivar in HS, and will probably end up satisfying the requirement with higher level math.</p>
<p>The department website says students may replace Math 102 with higher level courses, as long as they get permission in advance. I took 103 this term and found very few applications to economics, so it could be a good idea to try 102. Having a good professor is also especially important for math, so you should consider that when deciding.</p>
<p>so I guess if I'm not 100% sure that I wanted to do econ, I should sign up for 103. But what if I did switch into econ...would I have to still take 102?</p>
<p>I'm obviously not an authority on this, but I really can't see them make you take 102 after taking 103.</p>
<p>I will be declaring an econ major, and I just took Math 103 this year. This past year in Feb/Mar the econ dept changed the major requirements for the BS and BA degrees so students are no longer required to take 103. As of right now, they are just requiring everyone who has not taken 103 to take the Ecoteach test. I would advise you NOT to take math 103 unless you have a strong interest in math, physics, engineering, etc. Almost all of the topics will not be used for an econ degree. The class is pretty tough, and I wouldn't take it again now that it is no longer required.</p>
<p>I think math 102 is created to address some of dukestudent2009's concerns. It probably will have more basic multivariable calculus, stuff that you really only need for econ such as lagrange multipler and etc.
Oh and the econ department made the new BS and AB degree pretty much the same, it is sort of like a protest against the administration but not letting them eliminate the old AB degree.</p>