<p>i will be taking upper level econ courses starting this fall at my state university. the only problem is, i took macro and micro econ at a local cc about 2 years ago, so i'm pretty rusty on the material. </p>
<p>i feel like that i'll be behind most students and i wanted to review concepts, terms, etc. what books would you guys recommend?</p>
<p>Another idea is to buy the new books (the fall texts) early, and start studying them ahead of time. By having longer to absorb the material, you should be up to speed by the time classes start. Also, see if your college has old test files or old lecture notes available; these would let you start preparing for what the prof. plans to cover. </p>
<p>(I teach upper-div econ.)</p>
<p>ucbhi, i do not plan on re-taking those introductory courses and i do not have the textbooks. </p>
<p>i just wanted to know if there were any books out there besides textbooks that i could read up on.</p>
<p>Oops I misread that :)</p>
<p>I took AP Macro and Micro in high school, and I remember the test prep books being a very thorough review of the courses. My teacher recommended the Kaplan one.</p>
<p>to review intro material: Mankiw: Principles of Economics</p>
<p>for intermediate macro: Mankiw: Macroeconomics</p>
<p>do you still have the old texts from the class at your cc?</p>
<p>nope.</p>
<p>thanks mr sanguine.</p>
<p>Two books you may find interesting and are a good read for Econ majors:</p>
<p>Robert Heilbroner's "The Worldly Philosophers"
Todd Buchholz's "New Ideas from Dead Economists - Revised Edition"</p>
<p>The second one especially... as it is very entertaining and in a very casual non-boring (to us economists at least) style that will help you get back into the swing of things. Also... Intro Macro and Micro are hardly anything to worry about. I am sure you won't be the only one in your class that hasn't done the material for a little while... a review is almost certain (and is a positive externality ;))... you'll pickup the concepts again fast.</p>
<p>I'm sure most students are in the same boat as you are... the prof should know this and review certain topics and stuff as you progress anyhow... I dont think a self-review would do much good IMO</p>
<p>mrpuppy.. just what i was looking for. thanks a bunch!</p>