<p>I’m sure there are “easy” majors at Swarthmore–all judgments are relative, I’m sure no one would nominate engineering as “easiest,” for instance–though I don’t know what exactly they are.</p>
<p>As far as I know–and I know a lot of Econ majors, given the probability of encountering one–it’s not a particularly easy department, just a popular one. I assume that’s because Econ is the liberal-arts equivalent to business/finance?</p>
<p>Also anecdotally, it’s true that course is easier than Honors in Econ–same goes for English and I suspect most “popular”/large majors. Getting an advanced degree in econ is also somewhat useful.</p>