Engineering and Economics

meowmix0669
Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:03:51 +0000

I don’t quite understand your question. A modified major is for anybody who’s interested in multiple things but doesn’t have the time or the schedule to take all the classes and grab minors/majors.

I actually misread your question initially, and read it as an engineering major modified with econ. While there are econ modified with engineering people around, they’re rare. The simple fact of the matter is that the prereqs for engineering are ridiculous. They are more prereqs for engineering than some departments require for a minor. That fact turns most people off. Especially since most of the prereqs for engineering are weeder classes and will kill your GPA. Considering that econ is one of the least GPA friendly departments around, BAD combo.

Also, your first two posts reflect very different things. An econ modified with engineering is an econ major that satisfies (pretty much) all the major requirements for economics, including the prereqs, but throws in a few engineering classes. An engineering modified with econ is an engineering major that satisfies the buttload of requirements for engineering, but throws in a few econ classes.

To answer your final question, about sneaking more math into an econ major… I’ll go with two answers. The first is that you have more than enough time to do a double major or a major and minor. A double major is actually the most common thing for people here. It is, by no means, a stretch to double major in math and econ. If you don’t want to kill your GPA with two very GPA unfriendly majors, major in econ, minor in math, and then grab another minor in… sociology or something. The second answer is to do an econ major modified with mathematics. Since a lot of math classes will help with econ (diffyq, linear algebra, multivariable, graph theory, etc), they combine very well.

Hope this answers your question(s). Feel free to message me if you have more questions.