<p>I know Rose is primarily (at least it seems to me) primarily an engineering and technology school. That being said, how are the math and economics departments?</p>
<p>One of my roommates is a Math/Economics double major (definitely not the most common combo), and I myself have Economics as a second major and a Math minor.</p>
<p>As you would expect from a top engineering school, the math department is quite good though it doesn't get the publicity of the engineering departments. Is there a particular area of mathmatics you are interested in? Quite a few of the highest-level math courses at Rose are statistics-related courses and some of the best (IMO) math professors here specialize in stats. There are also quite a few advanced math courses that are directed towards the computer science branch of mathematics that are quite good (but then again, my primary major is Software Engineering, so I'm biased :-D).</p>
<p>As far as Economics goes, it is probably the smallest department at Rose (4 profs). Economics classes at Rose seem to be directed at more technical students, as one may expect. As such, there is definitely more emphasis on the empirical side rather than straight-up theory (though you still get a substantial dose of that). I think the economics courses here work great as a supplement to the technical aspect of the rest of one's studies here at Rose. By itself, I'm not sure how it would rate against other schools.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input, M4H. I don't know specifically what sort of math I would want to go into....I just think I might do economics or mathematics for a second major as a complement to a computer engineering degree. Plus, I really like mathematics and economics so I wouldn't mind doing more of it in college.</p>
<p>FWIW I'm comparing Rose to Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd, and BYU. I've already been accepted to Rose (and really like the school, went to Operation Catapult), and will be applying to the others soon.</p>
<p>M4H, can you give me some insights on the biochemistry program at Rose?</p>
<p>youknowme,</p>
<p>The biochemistry (and molecular biology) program is just a minor at Rose and is part of the Applied Biology & Biomedical Engineering department. Almost all students who minor in this are either Applied Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering majors. As stated, I'm a Software Engineering/Economics major, so I don't have any personal experience with the biochem program at Rose. Sorry I can't be of more help.</p>
<p>Bumping this in case anyone else has some input on math or economics at Rose. Coming down to decision time for me...it is between Rose and BYU, although Rose has an edge at the moment.</p>
<p>I'll ask the math guy to come and talk about the math program here.</p>
<p>Truthfully the econ major is only for people who can't hack it at engineering. But I hear we have some good econ classes and several econ and business management that focus on how you can apply that to your engineering career.</p>