<p>The Economics webpage specifically says that AP credits may be used to satisfy the Calculus requirements, but it does not mention using AP for Stats, Micro, or Macro. Can someone confirm that the major allows AP credit for these classes as well?</p>
<p>Interesting, it looks like it does not count based on the fact that it used to in 2010 but no longer is listed: [Program:</a> Economics - University of Virginia - Acalog ACMS?](<a href=“Program: Economics - University of Virginia - Acalog ACMS™”>Program: Economics - University of Virginia - Acalog ACMS™)</p>
<p>I know UVA changed a lot of AP score credits around that time so maybe that was related. Wondering if someone else will chime in.</p>
<p>I know that UVA offers a 2 semester calc based statistics sequence, which would be highly encouraged if not required for anyone doing financial econ. My AP stat didn’t count for anything with respect to that sequence since it was not calc based. Similar problems arise in physics AP non calc based. Most of the stat courses listed under the econ requirement I think are calc based. Your child would want to take the calc based sequence anyways in that case.</p>
<p>The macro does not count in any way for prerequisites for the major I guess.</p>
<p>I’m assuming if your child wants to take econ, they would just take a higher level micro econ class and then declare (as they’d have to take that higher level class at some point anyways). But I would get in touch with a transfer credit advisor if your child already has the AP grade. If you are just speculating about a future AP score, then I guess it is your call whether to contact someone at UVA or not.</p>
<p>They count: </p>
<p>Stats:
Students who matriculate at the University with transfer credit for one of the preceding courses or a grade of 5 on the AP test in Statistics are exempt from this prerequisite. Students who want to be exempted based on their AP test score must show proof in the form of a high school transcript or ETS score report when they declare their major.</p>
<p>Calculus:
Students who matriculate at the University with AP or transfer credit for one of these courses are exempt from this prerequisite.</p>
<p>Micro:
Students who have AP or transfer credit for ECON 3010 at the time that they matriculate at the University are exempt from this prerequisite</p>
<p>Students who matriculate at the University of Virginia with AP or transfer credit for ECON 2010 and complete ECON 3010 (or ECON 3110) may not subsequently meet this prerequisite by taking ECON 2010. Students in this situation who fail to satisfy this prerequisite on their first attempt are permitted to retake ECON 3010 (or ECON 3110) once. Those who fail to get a grade of at least C+ in two attempts are not eligible to declare an economics major.
(this means you also must take 3010)</p>
<p>Thanks, Woosah. Can you tell me where you are seeing that verbiage? I can’t seem to find the exemption for stats, specifically. The reference to ECON 3010 still confuses me as it does not specifically say that AP credit for ECON 2010 is accepted for that prerequisite.</p>
<p>That language is only showing up in PAST YEARS listings. I am not sure it is current. <a href=“Google”>Google;
<p>Thanks, Hazel. The wording has indeed changed, though I found the old version so convoluted in its explanation that maybe they were just trying to clean it up:-). </p>
<p>We will ask an advisor for specific feedback, as it definitely affects the number of AP credits my daughter can count on using and the free time she will have taking other classes.</p>
<p>Mine was based on something S1 sent me last year, but I just read on the current Econ site that apparently all requirements are actually based on the year you declare. Wow, that is really confusing. I agree, contact them directly, but not sure how they keep it all straight.</p>
<p>The standard 3000 level stats dept class is a very unpopular class, based upon the way it is taught and the quality of the profs. Get out of it if you can, or find an equivalent acceptable alternative in another dept. Some people are able to take bio stats. Conversely, the intro 2000 level microecon class when taught by Mr. Elzinga is extremely popular. If you don’t have to take it, you should at least try to sit in on some of the lectures, if he is still teaching it in the Fall. He’s been told that he has taught more students than anyone else in UVa history.</p>
<p>I had Mr. Elzinga 25 years ago myself! I love that he is still available to undergrads. I see that Sabato is not following suit, no longer teaching the intro politics class.</p>
<p>I think my daughter would avoid the 3000 level stats and go the Econometrics route.</p>
<p>When my son was signing up for classes, I feared that Mr. Elzinga may have lost of some of his teaching abilities because of his age. (I had him in 1980). However, my son said he is still incredibly sharp and entertaining. The best part of his lectures was that the jokes were not only relevant to the material and were really funny, but they snuck up on you. You could see who was paying attention by how quickly they laughed.</p>
<p>Re woosah’s comment, that the requirements for Econ are based on the year you declare the major: at UVA, this is always true when any department changes its requirements for its major. Existing students have the old requirements grandfathered in, so that they aren’t scrambling before they graduate to fulfill demands they would have had no way of anticipating.</p>
<p>If anyone else also had this question, I just received a definitive response from the Economics department that they do still accept AP credit for stats 2120 and econ 2010 as well as CALC 1 and 2 as prerequisites for the major. I did not ask about macro, since my daughter did not take that exam. We are still debating whether she will use the Micro credit or take the class, but definitely using the Stats and Calc credits.</p>