<p>I want someone to tell me about the Econ major at Brown. How different is it from other schools. This is what I want to do with my undergraduate Economics degree and im going to apply to Brown next year for transfer. Can Brown give me this? I really want to take advantage of the “open curriculum” at Brown:</p>
<p>-I want some easy-going not so difficult calculus course since Brown requires only 1.(I want to be done with any sort of math just so I can get it over with and get to the fun stuff.)</p>
<p>-I want some Political science/history courses</p>
If you are transferring it from a university that Brown recognizes or you have credit for either calc AP exam, you won’t need to take another math course.</p>
<p>Note, however, that econometrics (applied statistics) is required, and this makes use of calculus. An intermediate macro course is, in fact, required.</p>
<p>[Economics</a> at Brown University | Undergraduate Program](<a href=“Economics | Brown University”>Economics | Brown University) should have relevant information for transferring credit to the concentration from another institution.</p>
<p>That basically explained everything. I didnt take AP Calc but I’ll be sure to finish up a few calc courses at my current university (im starting this next year). I’ll see what I can finish up here and then I’ll transfer those credits and complete the rest IF I go to Brown next year. The thing is, I really wanted to take advantage of the open curriculum and take fun, interesting courses rather than take difficult/boring Calc courses. But oh well, what must be done, shall be done:) Thank you very much for the help, Uroogla.</p>
<p>I guess you can get away with minimum mathematics requirement for Economics at Brown. However, there’s a good reason why Economics PhD programs love Math undergrads, much more so than Econ undergrads.</p>
<p>Thats the thing. Im not pursuing a post-grad degree in Econ. Its crazy. Most of the classes are filled with Math and physics majors. I’ll opt for an MBA. That way, I’ll be more well-rounded. By the way, any thoughts on Brown’s Commerce thingie? I didnt quite get it, is it supposed to be a business program?</p>
<p>COE is the closest thing we have to a business major. If I’m not mistaken, the COE concentration has a business (econ focus), entrepreneurship (engineering focus), and an organization (sociology focus) track. It was an independent concentration created by the people who made Nantucket Nectar.</p>
<p>COE is perfect! OMG, thats exactly what I want. I want to focus on entrepenurship, Economics, and some sort of sociology/psychology/logic. Any information on that particular major? Is it difficult to get into?</p>
<p>And I’m not sure what you mean by “difficult to get into.” Brown doesn’t have separate schools at the undergrad level- it’s a university-college, so once you get in, any concentration (major) is just as “difficult to get into.” However, it’s a fairly easy concentration as far as I can assume (depending on the track taken); lots of recruited athletes do COE.</p>
He probably means Operations Management classes, I’m not sure exactly why, but they are mathematical, engineering courses. And are staples of management school</p>
<p>Lobzz, If you want to get into and do well in a top tier MBA program, I recommend you do not shy away from your math requirements. Most people I met at Stanford B school had undergrad backgrounds in Math, Applied Math, Engineering, Physics, and Economics (with a good deal of quantitative courses). A buddy of mine who goes there a long with my girl friend said that its pretty easy to pick out the people who are not good with numbers. I am not at all saying that one has to be focused solely on math courses. I just wanted to bring in my two cents having met around 10-20% of their MBA class.</p>