<p>I'm a freshman dual majoring in Economics and English. I do rather bad when it comes to math, and because of it, my GPA suffers. If I was to take math next semester I'd be taking College Algebra. Instead of taking that course, I'm wanting to take English 200, which is the intro English class for English majors. I would then take College Algebra at the local JUCO, thus it's just transfer credit and won't affect my GPA. My current schedule is two sophomore level history classes, second year foreign language, and math. Drop math and take English next semester?</p>
<p>Go for it. I'm an English major too, and am taking the one required math class at my local CC this summer. I figure that it will allow me to have just the one class to worry about, which is good since it will be such a challenge. I hate math.</p>
<p>^ thats what alot of people do over the summer, it works out real well</p>
<p>avoidance is always the best policy...... :rolls eyes:</p>
<p>Summer math is a good idea.</p>
<p>At my school there's also a version of College Algebra for people who don't like/aren't good at math. It's an hour longer but they teach it slower. It's the same material you cover in regular Algebra and if you actually know the stuff it's a pretty good way to get all the work done in class.</p>
<p>You're gonna need to get better at the math thing if you want to major in economics.</p>
<p>Speaking of that, what kind of math does an Economics major entail? What math classes do econ majors generally have to take?</p>
<p>Here they require Calc I and a level 200 Stats course.</p>
<p>I dunno, some deeper topics in economics actually use harmonic and functional analysis.</p>
<p>BA in Econ? Am I wrong in thinking BA in econ is a joke? </p>
<p>I mean, seriously, how do you do good analysis while avoiding the numbers and the data + what they mean?</p>
<p>Though maybe this is my nerd snobbishness coming through.</p>
<p>BA in Econ? Am I wrong in thinking BA in econ is a joke? </p>
<p>I mean, seriously, how do you do good analysis while avoiding the numbers and the data + what they mean?</p>
<p>Though maybe this is my nerd snobbishness coming through. </p>
<p>That said, it sounds like a good idea, but not knowing math and doing econ, from my n00b freshman perspective, doesn't really add up.</p>