<p>I’m going to have a really tight schedule for the few semesters that I have left here but I really wanted to take Intro to Micro AND Intro to Macro (just as electives). I am really interested in these topics and I don’t plan to take any economics courses after that. The issue is that I will only be able to take both of the courses next semester if I am to take them at all. I have other requirements to get out of the way because I recently changed my major and I am trying to graduate on time. I can squeeze both classes into my schedule next semester but I don’t know how wise that is. Should I take them at the same time or just take one and forgo the other? I read the course descriptions for both classes and I know that neither is a prerequisite for the other. But I have been told me that I might get confused by taking them together. What should I do?</p>
<p>I highly doubt you will get confused.</p>
<p>The material is separate, and you might actually benefit by the shared concepts in the first 1/4th of the semester.</p>
<p>Neither of these classes is hard in the least, you should be fine.</p>
<p>I would think very very few people would get confused taking the two courses at the same time. This is way too simplistic but here it goes … in mirco you’ll be looking at the economy from the view of a company and it’s interactions with customers and other firms … in macro you’ll be looking at overall economies. IMO if you get confused between the two course you have bigger issues than the courses!</p>
<p>The only thing is: D1 took one, micro I think, and concluded that the general subject was not her cup of tea. So decided not to take macro subsequently. If you are taking them both at the same time this would not be an option.
The topics are far from identical, but there is a similar graph-based analysis approach that has a good bit of commonality.</p>