<p>I am an Econ/Math double major and have to plan my schedule for next fall. I am interested in Operations Research/Mathematical Modeling/Economics/Statistics/Systems Engineering.
If you had the choice of which 3 Math electives to have under my belt (considering what I am interested in) what would they be? If the course is not listed but you believe it would be valuable I have already taken it/plan to take it.</p>
<p>a) Financial Math (Honors course also available)
b) Boundary Value Problems and PDE's
c) Number Theory
d) Operations Research
e) Real Analysis
f) Mathematical Modeling in the Life Sciences
g) Mathematical Modeling in Political Science
h) Complex Analysis</p>
<p>Seems like d is obvious given your stated interests. To prepare for a PhD program in economics, e is typically recommended.</p>
<p>I agree with ucbalumnus that d) Operations Research is an obvious elective considering your aspirations. What is new to me is the need for Real Analysis in economics. I didn’t know real analysis could be useful in that field. Real Analysis is the hardest course I did as an undergrad math major, and I thought it was something that you would never need unless you plan to do graduate work in mathematics. </p>
<p>You learn something new everyday.</p>
<p>I checked out the link and Wow… so I pretty much could get into a PhD program in economics…</p>
<p>Bah…I’m of the school of thought that economics overuses math and often uses math badly when it does use it. But for your particular interests, where things often reduce to a math problem, I’d say operations research and financial math. And though you haven’t listed it, I suggest discrete math/discrete structures/algorithms and data structures/something like that.</p>