College

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Yes. I dug up a 5 year old thread, because I didn't want to create a new one.

Next fall will start my last year of graduate school and right now I'm trying to figure out what classes to take. I'm a human sciences/psychology/counseling major and I've got to take a basic human science course. After registering for another class and working around my work schedule and class schedule, I'm left deciding between statistics (I'm horrible, emphasis on HORRIBLE at math. Took it in undergrad because it was required, got a C and never wanna take it again) and intro economics, something I have no idea about. I'm a little scared because I don't know what economics is going to entail, so someone with some business savvy educate me on how difficult it may be for someone who's never even fathomed the idea of having to take econ... Ever.

Here's the course description:

2012 Fall Main Session
ECON 551/Lecture/01 - Foundations of Economics | Credits 3.00
(First semester/3 credits) Introduction to the basic tools of economic analysis that are employed to examine the environment of a firm at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic levels. The micro portion focuses upon the behavior of consumers and firms in the product and resource markets. The macro portion examines the domestic and international factors that influence the aggregate level of economic activity, and the role of monetary and fiscal policies in promoting full employment, price stability and economic growth. A basic human science course.

Normal they make two course on a 101 level of economics; one MICRO one MACRO. So if they are are squeezing both into 3 credits I think this course should be fairly easy to understand and master. Has to be given at a very high level basically a overview.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Normal they make two course on a 101 level of economics; one MICRO one MACRO. So if they are are squeezing both into 3 credits I think this course should be fairly easy to understand and master. Has to be given at a very high level basically a overview.

Yeah, I agree. It is atypical to have both micro and macro in the same class but this means that you'll just get a theoretical overview. As a former econ major like Hooskins, I say take econ.