<p>So far, ECON 211 has been pretty theoretical and requires you to know basic math (no calculus involved). It’s easy algebra basically. It’s basically all about supply and demand and you drawing a bunch of graphs and analyzing what will happen if you do this, or if you do that, etc. There’s no difficult math involved, but a lot of theory. Have you taken AP Micro or Macroeconomics in high school?</p>
<p>Rice has two fields of economics, however: economics (the regular economics), and mathematical economic analysis (the more mathematically and statistically based economics). Obviously, if you choose to take the latter route, you will have to take a lot more math courses than the former route. Keep in mind that economics is a relatively easy major to complete, with only the requirement of 10 courses, while mathematical economic analysis requires 6 additional courses, thus 16 total courses.</p>
<p>Here are the course requirements for completing an economics major:
[Economics</a> Major - Undergraduate Studies - Economics Department, Rice University](<a href=“Department of Economics | Rice University”>Department of Economics | Rice University)</p>
<p>Essentially, if you want to take upper level econ courses, which I’m sure you will, the most advanced math you’ll have to know is single variable calculus. Though if you want to take a particular math-based econ course, you might need to know more, but it would depend and you would have to check the specific prerequisites for a course before signing up.</p>