<p>From the package they sent me, it doesn’t seem as though the math requirements are tough at all, but I really need to hone my math skills for undergrad economics when I transfer to CAS two years later.</p>
<p>My question is are there enough electives (planning on filling them with math classes) to keep myself in-tune for the economics major (where math is critical).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t want to take just humanities courses for two years then go into CAS economics with quantitative skills limited to what I learned in high school.</p>
<p>D got another letter yesterday (after the initial LSP package but still not the official admissions package) that included contact info. for more detailed questions on LSP – both a phone number and an LSP specific email address. That would definitely be a legitimate question to ask them. I assume you’ll be getting the same letter soon.</p>
<p>I emailed them, but in the meantime, I found this on the LSP website:</p>
<p>Mathematics
LS students must fulfill a math or science requirement for the A.A. degree. However, While LS requires only one math or one science for the A.A. degree, students must also satisfy the specific math requirement for their bachelors degree program. Students undecided about their major may postpone taking math until after transfer. (There are different math requirements depending on a student’s major.) LS does not offer math courses; students take the math courses offered at the College of Arts and Sciences Mathematics department (the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences).</p>
<p>LSP isn’t 2 years of Humanities classes. Economics isn’t a math-heavy major at all. It’s the most popular major in CAS and very popular with LSP students too. The only math you need is a basic calculus class and a statistics class. For a BA in Econ, you only need 11 classes: Macroecon, Microecon, Intermediate Macro, Intermediate Micro, International Econ, Statistics, Calculus I, and 4 Econ electives. It wouldn’t be hard to double major with Econ either. It doesn’t require much math beyond the HS level at all.</p>
<p>You have to take 10 classes in LSP, leaving you with 6 electives. Freshmen year, you have to do 6 mandatory LSP classes. You can take the other 4 classes when you want - you can spread them between fresh/soph year, or you can take them all in soph year, or whatever. Since you’re an Econ major, I would reccommend you take Calculus I freshmen year. You can start taking Econ classes frosh year too.</p>
<p>The requirements for the Econ major are outlined on the NYU Econ site and the LSP page has all the requirements listed too.</p>
<p>Yeah, but I plan on taking a lot more math classes than needed, since I plan to go to grad school, and I’m sure math requirements for the theory concentration are more rigorous than the policy one.</p>
<p>@stohare - well I think it depends on your major. if you’re in a quantitative science/math/social sci, chances are you’ll have to take a math class. otherwise, AP credits might place you out of quantitative reasoning. there are no LSP math classes though; the quantitative reasoning requirement is in CAS. </p>
<p>@oneguy21 - A BS in Econ in the theoretical concentration is more quantitative; you’ll have to take Calc II and III as well. Check out this site for specifics: [NYU</a> > Economics Department > Program of Study](<a href=“Department of Economics”>Department of Economics)</p>
<p>If you took AP Calc, you can take Calc II and III freshmen year. Or you can take Calc II and an Econ class. For what it’s worth, I’ve taken 2 Econ classes at NYU; one in LSP and one in CAS. I reccommend you take the LSP class because it’s a lot smaller, whereas the CAS class was a lecture with recitation taught by a TA. Both the LSP and CAS classes count toward the Econ major</p>