<p>I was accepted as a math/econ major for fall '12 so I am biased.</p>
<p>Let me ask you this, does the thought of majoring in math excite or scare you? You are only required to take 8 econ courses, and that includes the intro to macro/micro. The econ course load is equivalent to a minor. And for more perspective, after your first year of calculus, you will still need four math courses just to complete lower division requirements. I can’t imagine someone transferring into math/econ because econ/biz-econ is highly impacted. Once you transfer, it’s nearly impossible to switch into the econ department because math/econ is within the department of mathematics.</p>
<p>Now, if you love math, I think math/econ is an excellent major that will prepare you for anything after graduation. Do you want to go into academia? This is great preparation and due to it’s broad nature, will allow you to go into many different fields. If you want to break into finance, math/econ isn’t looked down upon by recruiters (compared to biz-econ). You would also have the math background to pursue an MFE.</p>
<p>Program wise, econ and biz-econ are fairly similar, except that biz-econ focus on the 106 level, business oriented courses. I would say the standard econ program would be a lot of fun though. I wish I had more time to take public economics, money and banking, etc, so econ will allow you to take courses that you can relate to.</p>
<p>The course that is generally considered to be the most difficult for undergrad math is real analysis. You can poke around here and see what you think… <a href=“http://math.arizona.edu/~faris/real.pdf[/url]”>http://math.arizona.edu/~faris/real.pdf</a>
If you are excited for a challenge, math can be a lot of fun and I have found that the people in these classes are the most interesting I’ve met in college. I’ve never seen a table full of econ students studying together, but math can be a bonding experience.</p>