Aiming for MSFinance or M.A.Econ (double major w/ MATH or will a minor suffice?)

Monorojo
Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:37:41 +0000

So I’ve had about a month to think over the whole situation and I have decided that I do not want to rush through. I want to do it right and learn the material that will help me excel in graduate school if I am able to achieve my dream of getting admitted into one.

I was lucky enough to get a pass on taking the PreCalc courses and CSULB will allow me to take [CALC I] in my first semester at the University.

Can anyone with a Math or Econ background look through my projected schedule to see if I am in over my head in any one semester, and if the classes I am taking properly prepare me for the GRE and the eventual rigor of Graduate School?

FALL 2012 (14 units)

MATH 122 Calculus I (4)
ECON 310 Microeconomic Theory (3)
ECON 311 Macroeconomic Theory (3)
ECON 380 Economic Statistics (4)

SPRING 2013 (14 Units)

MATH 123 Calculus II (4)
ECON 485 Econometrics I (4)
CESC 174 Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (3)
BLAW 309I - Consumer Legal & Economic Environment (3) CAPSTONE #1

SUMMER 2013 (4 units and RA/Internship)

Internship or RA?
MATH 224 Calculus III (4)

FALL 2013 (16 Units)

MATH 247 Introduction to Linear Algebra (3)
MATH 380 Probability and Statistics (3)
ECON 420 Forecasting (4)
ECON 411 Advanced Macroeconomics (3)
GERN 400I - Perspectives On Gerontology (3) CAPSTONE #2

SPRING 2014 (14 Units)

MATH 323 Introduction to Numerical Analysis (4)
MATH 364A Ordinary Differential Equations I (3)
STAT 381 Mathematical Statistics (3)
ECON 486 Econometrics II (4)

SUMMER 2014

Internship or RA?

FALL 2014 (9 Units)

MATH 364B Ordinary Differential Equations II (3)
STAT 410 Regression Analysis (3)
C E 406I - Project Cost-Benefit Analysis (3) CAPSTONE #3

This will give me a B.A. in Mathematical Economics and Economic Theory w/ a Minor in Applied Math.

Do you think some of those semesters are too loaded? I could stretch it out another semester (to SPRING 2015) or maybe even 2 to spread the math out more. I could also stretch it out to add another semester of Differential Equations and upper division LA.

Going for another 1-2 semesters would also allow me to take an additional 15 units that are required for an Honors program. Would graduating with honors help me get into a better ECON grad school?

Any help and input on my schedule and prospects for graduate school would be greatly appreciated. ANDS!, ReallyOldSchool, and XaviFM have already been so much help I cannot thank you all enough!