Which one is easier to get high marks in...MACRO or MICRO economics??? I am really confused as to what I shud be taking...as I wanna take one of them as my electives.

thankss

Hey...hope it's not too late. I'm not an expert on Econ courses, so if someone can provide better help please do! (I'm only posting because you've gotten no feedback thus far)


To be honest, Macro and Micro are both kind of on the easy side, at least in terms of the economics courses. (There's a large jump from 1st to 2nd year in Economics, in terms of mathematical rigor...or so I've heard)

I've personally only registered in Micro, but I've auditted (ie. attended for free) the Macro course and it doesn't seem too different from Micro in terms of difficulty. I probably would have had comparable marks in Macro, if I took it.

The main variable seems to be which professor you have. I had (and attended) lectures led by Professor Hannah Holmes, and I thought she was very good at explaining/relating the concepts to everyday life. Unfortunately only knowing one professor I can't be of much help determining which professors are good.


As for your decision, I recommend taking that which is more interesting to you:

Micro - Trade on a smaller scale
Macro - Trade on a larger scale

I found Micro more interesting and relevant to everyday life...so my suggestion would be to take Micro. But look into it yourself first and make an informed decision.

Hope that helps a bit...and good luck!

they're both very hard this year. It seems like those in charge have had enough of the high grades coming from a first year course and have made it harder.

The class average was around 60 for both when I took them last semester.

Although I dont know how they are this year I found macro easier the micro. I also put more effort into Macro (took it last year), i took micro back in 2006 so thats a while ago. To me the concepts in macro were easier. Once you get it you get it. Its a lot of memorizing how different curves/inputs affect each other.

not sure about macro....but micro is definately a bird course.