<p>Would be feasible to accept AP credit for Econ 1A and/or Econ 2A, thus placing into Econ 51D/Econ 55D? I heard the class was somewhat hard so would it be better just to start with the intro classes at Duke? Same question with math, I took AB 2 years ago, and I really don't remember the material well though I got a 5 at time, how wise would it be to place into Math 32/32L directly?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure there is no Econ 1A or 2A anymore... just 51D and then 55D. I think Nechyba is teaching 55 next semester. If so, you'd probably want to start in 55 because he's an excellent professor. It's a tough class though.</p>
<p>Yea, I heard Nechyba was good - does he not teach 55D every semester?</p>
<p>Rothstein is teaching 55 next semester. I would still start in 55.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you can't place out of 55 with 1A and 2A.</p>
<p>If the policy is the same as it was three years ago -- not a given -- then you can place out of 51 using AP Credit (I would not recommend this; 51 was one of my all-time favorite courses). You cannot place out of 55, but you could conceivably claim it as a prerequisite to more advanced classes.</p>
<p>That is, economics majors would have to take 55 eventually, but you would be permitted to take 105 or 110 first if that worked better in your schedule.</p>
<p>bluedevilmike, so is Econ 51 the OFFICIAL intro course now and Econ 1A/2A(even though they are listed on the course catalog) don't really exist? Would you recommend using AP Micro/Macro credit for Econ majors or taking the intro course to get a thorough understanding of the subject?</p>
<p>Again, the most recent setup I can refer to is back when I was taking these classes three years ago.</p>
<p>Economics 1 existed back then, but only for first-semester freshmen. Econ 51 was its identical twin in every way except that Econ 1 had extra assignments ("Macro News"). These assignments were easy AND useful AND educational AND fun, so they should not be considered a burden.</p>
<p>Economics 2 did NOT exist back then, and -- yes -- plenty of departments invent courses which exist only to count as AP Credit (Chem 19, for example).</p>
<p>I would NOT use AP Credit as an Economics major. 51 is hard. It is difficult. It is not AS difficult as people here are suggesting, which would be preposterously impossible. (Eric Toone, the hardest professor in Organic Chemistry, gives out 25% A's. To suggest that introductory Economics gives out 2.5% is ludicrous.) The test questions are poorly written and arbitrary.</p>
<p>But it is worth every single moment.</p>