<p>... In CAS? </p>
<p>Doing intermediate macro econ (freshman) and am kinda dissapointed in the lack of stats/maths involved.</p>
<p>Higher level ECON department courses tend to fit what you’re looking for, but mikey knows more than I do since he was actually an ECON major.</p>
<p>Also, how do you know already? I’m taking the class too this upcoming semester.</p>
<p>take the 3010/3020 sequence. it’s more mathematically oriented</p>
<p>What do you mean by lack of math involved? Pretty much everything in Intermediate Micro involves math, including some partial derivatives (Calc III). </p>
<p>Really any Econ class has a fair amount of math, though it’s true often you are doing applied high school math/Calc I. Doing math in Econ isn’t about solving crazy functions/calculus like in a math class, but trying to apply mathematical rigor to economic theories. Most questions on most exams in most Econ classes at the 300+ level involve mathematical thinking. Some of the easier courses will allow you to solve problems graphically, but that’s just as mathematical as algebraically (merely a different means of presenting the same relationship).</p>
<p>Like WongTongTong said, if you really want math, take the 3010/3020 sequence.</p>
<p>Financial Economics is pretty much entirely math, although again, nothing beyond Calc I. Game theory is a high level integration of math and logic. I think Money and Credit and Banks has a lot of math (although I didn’t take those courses). </p>
<p>And of course, if you are looking for stats/Econometrics, the 3190-3200 sequence is pretty intense and I believe is on par mathematically with the upper-level math department statistics course.</p>
<p>Other than Econometrics, you really won’t much in terms of stats in your Econ classes because the 300-level courses are mostly about theory, not empirical analysis. Some of the 400-level courses may have more applied statistical components.</p>
<p>@Mikey. </p>
<p>I’ve never done any maths with economics at HS but can place out of Intro Econ. Hence I’m taking intermediate macro. Do you think this is a problem? Would I struggle? </p>
<p>I can also place out of Calc 1 but am choosing not to.</p>
<p>Well, I’d argue if your Econ class in high school involved manipulating graphs, you were doing math. Math doesn’t have to always be solving equations.</p>
<p>Placing out of intro Econ is fine. That’s what I did and many others do the same. From what I can tell, intro econ at Cornell is at best a half-step above AP and based on helping my friends, only really involves additional basic algebra (from what I can tell, just algebraic equivalents of what you would have done in AP Econ). So whereas in AP Econ, you might draw the intersection of a supply and demand on a graph, sometimes intro Econ at Cornell might ask you to set the equations for the supply and demand lines equal to each other. Don’t hold me to that comparison, because as I said, I placed out.</p>
<p>Choosing to place out of Calc I is your choice. By reputation, Calc I is a fairly rigorous course, so while it may be technically review for you, don’t expect it to be easy. The more comfortable you can be with math the better for Econ, and you really should take through Calc II, even though technically you only need Calc I for the major. Though with just Calc I, not all courses are available to you since some have Calc II as prereqs. For example, if you don’t take Calc II, you can’t take the more rigorous 3190-3200 sequence and can only take 3210.</p>