<p>Is it advisable? On the LSA course guide, it says the only real pre-req for 401 is Math 115. Would it be advisable to take the course? While also being dual enrolled in Econ 101?</p>
<p>If you don’t ever plan on taking Econ 101 then taking Econ 401 is fine, provided that you have strong quantitative skills. </p>
<p>If you do plan on taking Econ 101, just take that first and then take 401 the next semester. No point in taking both concurrently.</p>
<p>Why not take them concurrently?</p>
<p>Why take them concurrently?</p>
<p>Econ 101 is Intro to Micro. Econ 401 is intermediate Micro. 401 is basically an in-depth version of 101. No point into taking two Econ classes your first semester as a freshman, especially two standard ones. Take a stats, math, or a humanities class or something.</p>
<p>Econ 401 is okay as a freshman, but if you’re applying to Ross it will not replace Econ 101. If you want to do ChemE or MechE try and talk to an adviser and see if you can get out of 101 for 401. I’m told that for Econ, if you take 401 and 402 and do well (which I’ll guess is an A-/A), they’ll override you for the Econ 101/102 prerequisite requirement. </p>
<p>I really don’t see the point in taking both 101 and 401, but actually most people do that. Usually they take 401 a semester or two after 101 though, not usually at the same time.</p>
<p>Don’t do it, 401 is notoriously hard as hell and you don’t really know how you’ll do in college econ until you try it. Definitely start off with 101, there’s no reason not to.</p>
<p>I’m planning on going for economics + pre-med, not too sure if I’ll apply to Ross or not because I don’t really want to do Ross and pre-med together. So my reasoning behind taking both at econ 101 and 401 at the same time was to get some economics concentration requirements out of the way so I’ll have more space for more pre-med classes later on.</p>
<p>But if 401 is ridiculously difficult w/o 101 then I’ll hold off…is it really that bad?</p>
<p>Econ 401 really isn’t that hard. It’s not a joke and it’s not easy, but it’s rumored to be a lot harder than it really is. It’s somewhat difficult but if you put forth effort and are okay at math you will do fine.</p>
<p>But, why not start with 101 and a pre-med class and see how 101 goes; then proceed with 401 and another pre-med later? You’ll still get to the same place.</p>