Freshman vs Senior Economics Major

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I am a B.S Econ major. This is some B.A economics propaganda. You have to take some advanced calculus classes, multiple statistics for the Bachelor of science.

[zonolith]

'Hey I'm in econ, you wanna learn about supply and demand",

Fuck me, those were almost the exact words of my professor in college.

[ariannaciviero]

econ giving you more time for frat activities is so real. before my grades dropped in business, I was lining myself up for a degree in international business or economics and was told straight up by 4 business teachers that the assignments we were given in class were harder than most of the other assignments they had to take for all of their degrees

[annache]

What is bro talking about. There is so much math in Econ and concepts that I can’t imagine not studying

[Vitapluspro]

“I’m sure we’ll start learning about something else real soon”

[eon]

Depends if your school treats ECON as a STEM or a Business degree, as a STEM Econ student I can tell you that it’s hell after sophomore year.

[hipp]

As a person with an econ degree, this could not be more accurate. Not only did I have PLENTY of time for frat activities, but the tests themselves were super easy. More often than not the study guides we got were literally exactly the same format as the test, just with different numbers swapped into the questions. So the answers would be different but the math you had to do was identical.

[HReiss]

Idk if I'm on the wrong econ major but we have a LOT of math. Linear algebra, calc up until IV, analytical geometry, statistics, data analysis, we even have a mandatory programming course.

[solarfanwings]

An an Econ major, this could not have been further from the truth for me.
I’m sure every university is different, but for me, statistical modeling, econometrics, forecasting, advanced calculus, and linear algebra were all required!

[ProLeopardx]

Bro what are y'all on about? I did electrical and computer engineering with an econ minor and that shit was stupid hard. International econ graphs are so complicated and there were integrals everywhere. Only econ 1 was easy, everything else was super mathematical and quite honestly really tough.

[mustang]

As a senior pre med I kick myself everyday for not being a business major. I spend all my time either studying and being stressed or watching people die in the hospital and being depressed. It's a lose/lose situation

[ellisgriffin]

Y'all must have a different Econ major over there. In my Econ major, we learned a lot of linear regression and statistical modeling in the later classes. Not much supply and demand once after sophomore year.

[really...]

someone did the BA and not the BS in Econ.

at my school you could choose, the BA was fluff courses, the BS was basically a math degree😂😂😂

[dangahagan]

Financial Econ != economics, one is basically a business major and the other is a sociological science that’s basically a cross between sociology, psychology, and statistics, all viewed through the lens of monetary value.

[Viipxz]

The thing with an Econ degree is it can either be very quantitative and difficult, or stupid easy depending on the classes you take, but that probably holds true for most business-related majors. My Econ minor was more difficult than the routes a lot of the Econ majors I’ve seen take

[titaniumsalmon]

That's insane all the econ majors I know have to do advanced algebra and calculus and struggle to find internships

[Apx_him]

I could tell he was at Georgia from the first shot

[adekunleojo]

I’m not sure where you all studied economics, but my experience certainly wasn’t easy. From freshman year to graduation, I took advanced courses in math, statistics, and econometrics—subjects that even many business majors struggle to grasp. So, I’m surprised to hear you reduce everything to just supply and demand. If that’s all it takes, then why is there so much focus on inflation, interest rates, and economic growth? Are we supposed to believe that economists at central banks, like the Federal Reserve, just sit around and pull interest rates out of thin air?

The truth is, if you want to seriously harm a nation, you start with its economy. Economists have a lot of power—if they want to make people’s lives difficult, they can manipulate variables like money supply, interest rates, or even unemployment. These are the levers that shape the daily lives of ordinary people, often without them even realizing the "invisible hand" at work.

[darth-gerry]

As an mathematical econ major, I still wanna know where the hell the easy classes where cause lord knows my classes werent remotely easy

[Squiddy-rp]

Petroleum engineering as a major is like that too amongst other engineers… Extremely easy, well compensated, and I still can’t really tell you what I learned past “deep hole good, pressure in face bad”…