<p>Backpacking and registration are coming up and I was wondering if there are any highly recommended econ classes? I'm going to be taking 401 and I would like to take an easy econ class at the same time. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Also interested.</p>
<p>Not to hijack your thread, but does anyone know if I can take econ electives while enrolled in 102?</p>
<p>Take Econ 404 or Econ 405 (statistics for economists) if you haven’t yet. They’re both extremely easy courses and don’t even require 401 or 402 as a pre-requisite.</p>
<p>Otherwise, Econ 431/432/441 are also very good courses. I would really recommend taking Econ 442 (International Finance) but unfortunately, it is not offered this semester.</p>
<p>Do stay away from Econ 406 (Econometrics) and Econ 409 (Game Theory) as they are extremely difficult courses and even the best econ students struggle in them.</p>
<p>On a side note, if you are taking Econ 401 this semester, you will be having Chris Proulx. Despite its reputation, Econ 401 is really not that bad of a course and in my experience, the content was pretty straightforward. Just make sure you go to lecture and discussion. The homework problem sets and discussion problems REALLY REALLY help for the exams and some exam questions are directly taken from the problems sets and discussion problems. Overall, it was a very organized course.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>@Pat1120:
If you have taken Calc 1, I would also advise you to take Econ 404/405 as they do not require Econ 401/402 as a pre-requisite.</p>
<p>Assuming you have already taken Econ 101 and have not taken Econ 401 yet, only the 300 level electives would be available to you. I personally would recommend taking Econ 310 (Money & Banking) and/or Econ 340 (International Economics)</p>
<p>msb314,</p>
<p>Do you know if they make any exceptions to 101 & 102 being pre-reqs for 400 level courses? And if yes, who should I talk to about that? I actually wanted to take 405 next semester… and I think I’d be able to handle it just fine (I’ve taken Calc 1-3, Math 217, A in Econ 101, 5 on Macro AP test, 5 on Stats AP… etc)</p>
<p>Or can I take 401 while taking 102?</p>
<p>To clarify: Is a pre-requisite a course that must be completed before enrolling in another course, right? And they cannot be taken simultaneously?</p>
<p>I don’t think there are any exceptions for the pre-reqs for 400 level classes, unless of course you have already placed out of Econ 101 + 102 from your high school credit. You can probably have an appointment with an Econ advisor from the LSA Economics website.</p>
<p>For Econ 401, 101 and 102 are only advisory pre-reqs so you can register for 401 provided you have done Calc 1 (which it seems like you already have).</p>
<p>With your background, you should be fine with Econ 404/405, a lot of it will be similar to AP Stats in fact.</p>
<p>econ 404, 405, 406 and econ 409 are all good and low maintenance classes. Great for crammers who want a piece of mind during the semester and concepts are easy.</p>
<p>401 itself is easy if you did ok in your calc classes.</p>
<p>Thanks bearcats and msb314, I appreciate it.</p>
<p>And I didn’t mean to contradict msb on 406 and 409. It’s one of those classes where it’s easy if you get it because there’s so little work but could be problematic if you are just spinning your wheels. But 404 and 405 are joke classes, there’s no 2 ways about it. There are also some easy 300 level electives, labor econ being one of them.</p>
<p>Just get an override, I know people who have done it.</p>
<p>What’s the difference between 404 and 405?</p>