Awesome schools for economics??

YaleSocietyMember
Thu, 05 May 2005 14:29:13 +0000

Prauger- I’m a Yale econ major. The first thing you should go is go to the online blue book and look at the courses available:

Yale Course Search | University Registrar's Office;

Most introductory classes are taught in large lectures by pretty good professors. Teaching assistants then hold smaller “sections” to go over lectures and problem sets. You can meet with professors during their designated office ours for help, and you can meet with TAs. Also, some introductory classes are taught in small lectures where you interact with the prof in class (Econ 110-111). Later, in the required seminars, teacher/student interaction is close, obviously because professors teach 15 person classes. Overall, teacher/student interaction is what you make of it.

Both Kenysian and Classical Economics are presented, but which one the class slants to depends entirely on whose teaching any particular class.

Introductary and intermediate classes are mostly theory based. Most other classes are half or mostly theory, and some case studies / applications. The seminars tend to be more application.

Basically econ is a great, solid major here with a large infrastructure and some world famous scholars, almost all of whom teach and undergraduate course or two. Also, if you are more math inclined, Yale offers an Economics and Mathematics major.