What econ departments aren't "business-lite"?

[LogicWarrior]

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Just looking at course offerings at certain schools, the economics offerings at many universities without undergrad business schools will often contain many classes which are specifically geared toward finance/business. And at these schools the economics major is essentially a de facto business major.

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<p>I read this in another thread and thought it deserved its own. With so many people taking econ as a business degree, where’s a good place to go for someone who wants to take econometrics, analysis, and other classes that are more geared towards grad school than the business world.</p>

[vinnyli]

<p>Chicago, end of story. :)</p>

[LogicWarrior]

<p>Heh, the end of my post was going to say “Besides Chicago, obviously.”</p>

[MidwestMom2Kids_1]

<p>check the math prerequisites for the upper level classes.</p>

[EliCash91]

<p>lol sweet that’s my quote</p>

[modestmelody]

<p>You should look at available paths. There are ways to make Econ look a bit more business like at Brown, there are ways to go down a path that is nothing like Econ-lite or business-lite (as my friend who’s going to UChicago next year to get his PhD in Econ can attest).</p>

<p>For what it’s worth, if you’re looking to go to grad school for economics, you should just major in math.</p>

[SmallCollegesFTW]

<p>Most LACs have programs designed to prepare students for both grad school and b-schools</p>

[gellino]

<p>Any top university or LAC is going to be able to provide you a more theoretical path towards an economics PhD if that’s the route you want.</p>

[midmo]

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For what it’s worth, if you’re looking to go to grad school for economics, you should just major in math.

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<p>That is a very broad statement. Majoring in econ is perfectly fine for econ graduate school as long as it is really econ and not business. Stat and math are both very good foundations also, but if I were to make a broad statement of my own, I would suggest that double majoring in econ with either math or stat would be a very good route to take.</p>

<p>I agree with gellino that there is no shortage of schools with true economics majors.</p>

[interesteddad]

<p>Swarthmore would be worth looking into for what you describe. It is the top per capita producer of future Economics PhDs of all universities and colleges in the United States.</p>

[Sam_Lee]

<p>[Undergraduate:</a> BA/MA Program, Economics Dept., NU](<a href=“http://www.econ.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/fouryear.html]Undergraduate:”>http://www.econ.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/fouryear.html) says a lot about the kind of preparation you may want to have for top econ programs:</p>

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Completion of all requirements for the undergraduate major in economics.
Completion of Economics 381-1,2 Econometrics.
Appropriate preparation in mathematics, normally Mathematics 220 plus 224 & 230, 234 Multiple Integration and Vector Calculus, 240 Linear Algebra, and 250 Elementary Differential Equations. A rigorous preparation in real analysis is strongly recommended. The first two parts of the Mathematics 320 Real Analysis sequence would be best, but if that’s not possible, Mathematics 300 Foundations of Higher Mathematics might be sufficient. </p>

<p>The Economics Department offers an intensive, three-week mathematics course, (Economics 401 Mathematical Methods of Economic Theory) immediately prior to the fall quarter, which provides the proper mathematical background for new graduate students before they are immersed in their first-year economics courses. The course is of significant benefit to all students, addressing topics even mathematics majors may not have seen. The topics include linear algebra, multivariate calculus, convexity, constrained optimization, and some dynamics.

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[hmom5]

<p>Huh? Isn’t it the other way around, many business programs teaching ecomomics lite? Wharton is the place to get a good mix of intelligent business teaching with strong econ. Chicago s the king of pure econ and Princeton has a great financial engineering program.</p>

[RML]

<p>Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia</p>