<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I thought this was the appropriate place to ask this question, since you guys are all business majors. I am going to take an economics minor at Ohio State, and was wondering if you guys think its a good or a bad idea to take macro and micro econ in the same quarter? (we use quarters, not semesters). So basically a 10-week period of both classes. Or should I just take micro/macro first and the other the next quarter? Thanks!</p>
<p>I think it would be wiser to take micro first and than macro or vice versa because you are in school to learn the material not rush things and have it done fast. Just my opinion, but if you can handle both in a quarter which goes by really fast than you could take both.</p>
<p>That’s perfectly fine, although you’ll find the first week in micro and macro very redundant because you cover the exact same material (opportunity cost, comparative advantage, scarcity, marginal analysis, and supply/demand models, etc). At my college, microeconomics and macroeconomics are combined into a one semester introductory. Could you take something like that?</p>
<p>There were will be a lot of overlapping in the beginning as Sligh_Anarchist. Both macro and micro are easy to learn so you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I cant combine the two, I have to take each class separately. So it sounds like I’d be fine taking both at once? I won’t get any terms confused I hope?</p>
<p>It’s like apples and oranges, they’re both fruit. They’re both types of economics, but completely different.</p>
<p>macro -> economy as a whole
micro -> decisions at a small business level</p>
<p>The first week of both classes will be very similar b.c the general/basic material is the same and then one classes takes a right while the other class takes a left.</p>
<p>It is fine taking principles classes at the same time, I would suggest now to take intermediate or advance versions at the same time. I took advance microeconomics and advance macroeconomics at the same time for fun. Fun last semester of my college career.</p>
<p>I’ve taken micro and macro and I don’t see any problem with it. The two are very distinct fields with their own vocabulary, theories, and data sets. It’s like asking if you can take psychology and sociology in the same semester. Of course you can.</p>