Micro / Macro Econ - Quick Question
06-12-2010 at 01:35 PM
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Micro / Macro Econ - Quick Question
Hey everyone!
So, i'll be first year in September and I'm going through courses and such right now
I'm in Social Sciences I
I'm thinking of taking micro and macro econ but I'm getting mixed messages about the course
Is it a good course ?
How math focused ?
Do you recommend it ?
Boring ? Interesting ?
Any information would be great!
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06-12-2010 at 01:53 PM
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Well macro and mirco are two different course first of all. I'd rate them about a medium interest since a few bits can be a little boring. The math in both courses is not very hard at all. Almost every question involving math requires you to just solve 2 linear equations. The content in micro is more practical and has more math while macro is more theory based. They are not very hard courses and I'd recommend them both. If you have to choose just one, then I would go with micro since it is a little easier. Hope this helps!
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06-12-2010 at 02:05 PM
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Sorry, I meant are they good courses* lol
my initial plan was to take both, im just getting mixed signals as to whether or not i should
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06-12-2010 at 02:08 PM
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Oh one more quick thing
Assuming i take both
micro first macro second ? or the other way around ?
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06-12-2010 at 02:12 PM
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Oh one more quick thing
Assuming i take both
micro first macro second ? or the other way around ?
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You can do that or the other way around, macro then mirco. Micro isn't a pre-requisite to macro
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06-12-2010 at 03:30 PM
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no no i know but does one help the other at all?
thank you btw!
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06-12-2010 at 03:31 PM
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no no i know but does one help the other at all?
thank you btw!
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No it doesn't matter. You learn different things except for the first 4 chapters (those are the same).
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06-12-2010 at 03:50 PM
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personally i found macro much much more interesting than micro. also macro has much lesser material when compared to micro. on the other hand my friend found micro easier. i would suggest you take micro first since the first four chapters in macro are same as in micro and your first midterm in macro will have only those four chapters.so you can ace the first midterm in macro. also i find macro's Aplia assignments much more helpful in the learning process and a free 5% that we get from a silly math test!
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06-12-2010 at 03:52 PM
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macro has more math when compared to micro. but the math in both these courses is really basic. as some one mentioned, playing around with linear equations.
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06-12-2010 at 03:53 PM
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ahhhhh first year.....
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06-12-2010 at 06:20 PM
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lol thaaanks
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06-12-2010 at 06:20 PM
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thank you everyone!
both it is
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06-12-2010 at 07:30 PM
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I would say micro first and then macro just because first 4 chaps of macro are same as first 4 chaps in micro but i found that they teach those chaps better in micro than macro so it gives you an advantage, in my opinion, if you have already done microecon and then taking macroecon. as for when i took macro last winter, the midterm 1 was on first 4 chaps so it kinda helped me a lot.
hope this helps (:
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06-12-2010 at 08:02 PM
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no no i know but does one help the other at all?
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Oh my bad, sorry about that. Micro then macro helps more. Because like Kanishka mentioned above, the 4 chapters are the same in macro.
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Micro had very minimal math, more of concept understanding
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