<p>Hi
I am a prospective transfer student and I want to find out more about U Penn. I want to major in economics and I have a few questions~</p>
<p>1) Is is easy for students to have close relationships with professors? </p>
<p>2) How large are most economics classes? </p>
<p>3) Are there many research opportunities as an econ major? </p>
<p>Thank you~!!</p>
<p>1) Yes, if you want to.
2) Depends. I've only taken Econ001 and Econ002. Both are very large (but recitations are small).
3) Don't really know.</p>
<p>oh how large are Econ001 and Econ002 in numbers?
more than 200? </p>
<p>thanks~!</p>
<p>It tells you the cap on the number of people per class. It looks like the range is from 10-200 students, depending on the course.</p>
<p>Econ is probably the largest class in the school. 200 per section (2hr per wk), with about 3-4 sections. About 25 ppl per recitation (1 hr per wk). </p>
<p>Upper level econ courses are much smaller, of course. Still, I think econ is one of the larger majors in the college, up there in terms of numbers with history and PPE.</p>
<p>thank you for replies~!</p>
<p>how about research opportunities as an econ major?
because when I check the website
i see many institutes but don't know whether
they hire econ undegraduate..</p>
<p>so if anyone knows about research opportunities
from these institutes... or getting credit for assisting a professor.. or etc... please help me~! </p>
<p>thanks~!</p>
<p>1) It's surprisingly easy to have close relationships with professors. Only a handful of students regularly attend office hours. When you do, they get to know you and start becoming a lot more open. </p>
<p>2) There are probably about 200 kids in the twice-a-week lecture, and 15 kids in the recitation. While I'm not a big fan of the large lectures, that's what they have in every ivy intro class. The recitations are sufficient to ask any questions you have and have your voice heard in class. </p>
<p>3) There are a TON of research opportunities. Theres a students-only website that lists what all the professors are working on. If you're interested in research, you can email the professor and express your desire to help out. Over half of the time, they'll take you on as an assistant. If not, they'll likely refer you to someone else who is looking for help. I'm a freshman and I'm already researching with the professor of my choice.</p>
<p>There's also an undergraduate research fair once a year with opportunities for each major.</p>
<p>thank you for the reply~!
wow that's great~
so U penn gives research opportunities a lot..
what is your major?</p>
<p>thanks~!</p>
<p>oh and does U penn provide undergrads with "funds" for kind of independent research? or just opportunities for research assistant?</p>
<p>thanks^^</p>
<p>Answer to your first question is definitely yes. Very few kids want to, but if you do, it's easy. Barring the occasional jerk professor of course, but every university has some.
As for undergrad research funds, they're available. There are many different work study or direct grant opportunities offered by many branches of the university. If you like research and do some, apply to University Scholars, at which point you're practically guaranteed money if you submit a decent proposal.
<a href="http://www.upenn.edu/curf/uscholar/%5B/url%5D">http://www.upenn.edu/curf/uscholar/</a></p>