<p>Hi everyone, I just joined U-M this semester and I declared my major as Economics. However I am still a bit put off about the difficulty of Economics and especially Econ 401 because I have heard scary things about it.</p>
<p>I have done a tad bit of research on these forums and I see it is fast paced, I know that. I have not always been amazing at math though. Does one need excellence in math to pass Econ 401 or any other required courses in U-M? </p>
<p>I "cheated" on Calc 1 by taking it at a community college and brought it to U-M, however I got an A and thought I did well! So is Econ 401 and other Econ classes very math oriented? If it is, is the math difficult?</p>
<p>Please be honest about it, no need to sugarcoat hahaha. :)</p>
<p>Hey this is a very similar situation to mine haha. Although I’m a transfer student unlike you, I am also taking Econ 401 next semester. Having taken calculus at a community college worries me as well but I hope it doesn’t affect me. The class is fast paced, correct. Past that, I don’t know enough to answer your question. I’ll leave it up to those who have actually taken it.</p>
<p>bearcats, Econ is not easy. It is not as hard as Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics, but it is harder than most other LSA majors and certainly not “easy peasy”. Econ a pretty standard major, being neither easy nor difficult. Econ 401 is a moderately challenging Econ course relative to other 400 level Econ courses.</p>
<p>Its not bad. Just know how to maximize a function or set to things equal (MRS and price ratio). In a way the class is a lot about test taking strategy. It’s all multiple choice so if maths involved and you don’t think you can do all the calculations, just plug in the options a through e until you get an answer that makes sense within the context of the problem. </p>
<p>It also saves about 3 minutes of time. Our final last semester was 2 hours with 30 questions. Hell, you could take 2 different tests in that time.</p>