econ/math joint major at UCSD

Oyama
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:38:01 +0000

There’s no specific job that you can get with Math/Econ.

More technical jobs (financial analysts, operations researchers, financial data miners, etc.) require a thorough grasp of statistics (particularly stochastic probability) that the Economics coursework just doesn’t even begin to touch upon.

If you’re looking into a Ph.D. in Economics (or Finance for that matter) a Math degree of some kind (even if it’s a joint degree) is necessary to gain admission even at the lowest-tier schools. Economics degrees are quickly becoming worthless as more and more people graduate with the major without having any real quantitative or analytical skills.