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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Economics is actually a very difficult degree at most colleges, so I am not sure where many of these posters are coming from. The easy path is the “business” or “management” type majors.

My Econ major kid has to take almost as much math as a math major in addition to all of the econ requirements...
Calc 1,2, and 3
Three semesters of statistics
Linear Algebra
2 semesters of Computer Programming

My kid is double majoring in epidemiology, so is also taking biostat and all of the requirements for that degree. Thinking about a career in health economics, but could go either way. [/quote]
What school is this? The vast majority of schools don't require Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, computer programming or more than 1 semester of statistics. There are some 'top' schools that don't even require Calculus 2 for Econ majors.

Regardless, those courses are basic introductory courses for STEM majors, but would be considered above-and-beyond for an Econ major, which shows the kind of degree that Econ is. [/quote]

Not pp, but Lehigh offers a BS in Econ in their school of arts and sciences and their school of business. The A & S one is much harder. It requires calc 1 and 2, econ stat 1  & 2, Linear Algebra, Econometrics, and a couple CS classes. The degree through their business school only requires one semester of calc, two of econ stat, no linear algebra, no programming, no econometrics.  [/quote]

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