<p>What classes should I focus on for economics major to put on my schedule- maths? Sciences (ap physics)? Social studies (AP micro and macro obviously but AP government?) or english? (AP English literature and composition or Honors 12 H)?</p>
<p>AP Calc and AP English Lang. AP Gov and stats would be good too. Don’t really need an AP science, but it helps.</p>
<p>Hey I am also a high school economics enthusiast!
During my time at the Federal Reserve, they made it very clear that in academia, MATH IS KING. With current trends in economics academia, it is better to have math that is precisely wrong than guesses that are broadly right, if you know what I mean. (Keynes intended it actually to be vice versa, but things change.)
If you want to work in the private sector, it is necessary to know math for modeling and such, but you might have to work where statistics are unavailable or inaccurate. That’s when your hunches and historical and other persepectives will be necessary.
Here is what a high school economist should take.
AP US History
AP World History
the history classes are necessary because history repeats itself. an economist who doesn’t know history at least moderately well is useless
AP Calc
AP Stats
math, obviously
AP English
for communication</p>
<p>And AP government too</p>
<p>If you are thinking about banking, taking drugs (cocaine) is a must. :p</p>
<p>You’re still in high school, you will learn economics when you get to college. They don’t expect you to know all about it before you get there or else there’d be no point.</p>
<p>I plan to major in Economics at Georgetown (if I get in) or Business/Managerial Economics at Miami. (which I’ll surely get in) I also want to do a premed track because my ideal goal is to become a doctor or dentist.</p>
<p>I would suggest taking the hardest math available, higher level English classes, and various science and history classes. Economics is a versatile field so I think it would be best to be well-rounded. I will have taken 8 APs (Stats, Calc AB, USH, WorldH, Gov, Chem, Bio, and English Lit) when I graduate. I also think it’s important to take electives that you enjoy to have a “break” during the day with a more fun class, like I took weight training for 2 years, gym, art, and ceramics.</p>
<p>Like teenbodybuilder said, econ majors don’t need to learn everything before graduating high school. But if you want to get a head start, here are some classes that would be useful (sister is 4th year econ major):</p>
<p>AP Calc
AP Stats
AP Comp Sci (learning Java really helps)
AP Gov (get an idea of how 'merica works)
AP Macro & Micro</p>
<p>and just overall good writing/ communication skills</p>
<p>Oh, taking money from strangers is something that all economics majors should “take” :p</p>
<p>I want to major in the same thing, and my counselor suggested the following:</p>
<p>AP Stats (essential for most social sciences)
AP Calc
AP Micro/macro (obviously)
Adv economics (offered at my school, it’s basically independent study, but every year there is a ‘theme’- globalization, tariffs and trade, etc.- and you work for a semester to present a final project on the topic. It’s supposed to be lots of fun)</p>
<p>That said, I agree with Ractogon- history can be very important, because economic trends often dictate politics, social structures, etc., and these trends often repeat. AP gov can also be useful, since you can take a look at the different economic systems of countries and how comparatively useful they are.</p>
<p>Many local colleges might allow you to take some intro to finance type courses and a class in global policy is helpful. Same with differential equations and the stuff the other posters have mentioned.</p>
<p>Also, OP, sorry for trolling, but I had to do it! ;)</p>
<p>Honestly, take whatever you want to in high school. At most colleges, moreso universities you will get accepted into the School of Business and don’t actually declare your Econ major until sophomore year or later because you have to take pre-requisites and General Education courses in all disciplinary subjects. You might get one or two Econ related courses but really you are immersing yourself in all subjects freshmen year. You probably won’t get credit for AP Courses (depends on the college) because High School AP Econ in most cases isn’t at the rigor of college ECON 1001. Some suggestions are AP Gov Pol if and only if you’d like to pair your Econ major with PoliSci which a lot of people do, mainly Republicans heh. But really the most important thing is AP Micro and Micro/ AP Econ/ AP Stat/ AP Computer Science.</p>
<p>I’m curious, do you want to study economics in an academia or business emphasis?</p>