How much math in Economics.

creamgethamoney
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:13:20 +0000

It depends. At my school, you have to take 3 terms of calc (I don’t know the specific math courses, but I’m guessing 3 terms means 1 term of calc one with basic derivatives, 1 term of integral with integrals/iterated integrals/infinite series/etc., and one more term with slightly more complicated calc), but at other schools, I’ve heard that only 2 terms, for example, are required. And I’m sure at some place like UChicago, you’ll practically be minoring in math to get an econ degree.

The basic rule is, the better the school in terms of prestige, the more math you’ll have to take, and quite honestly, the more math you need for the program, the more legit the program will be in terms of placement. If your school only requires 2 terms of calc, I’d tread carefully because that doesn’t sound like a very solid program to me.