How demanding is an economics undergrad degree?

Question

For those of you who already have an econ. degree, what tips would u give to someone who was just starting out?

Answer 1

Yeo3, are you actually answering her question? haha.. And the Fed is privately owned? What are you talking about. There are some characteristics that you might lead to this conclusion, but give me a break.

To answer your question, I would say you have to understand the theory first. Intermediate Macro and Microeconomics are the major parts of econ degree. If you cannot fully comprehend theories, then you are out of luck. Then, you want to prepare yourself for econometrics and math econ. Those are not the hardest classes, but knowing basic calculus and stats will help you. History is somewhat important, but you will learn them as you go on. You can take money and banking to know how the Fed and financial market work. Labor economics will be very important as you will be utilizing many micro theories. When you about there you will have pretty good idea what you up against.

I hope this helps.

p.s. If you are looking to get a master's in economics, then you shouldn't worry much. But if not, you should really take some finance classes. Finance degree (B.S in Finance) is known to be more "practical" than B.S. or B.A. in economics.

Me?, I'm about to graduate and facing difficult decisions on whether or not to get master's in econ or go for MBA/Hotel Mgt.

Answer 2

a 4 yr degree in economics isn't any harder to get than any other 4 yr business related degree - it's the same number of credits I had to take 4 econ courses as an Accounting major - basically a waste of my time there just isn't that much demand or available jobs for economics majors as are there is for Finance or Acctg majors - especially outside of government work - every company needs an accountant (or 3) and finance majors can get jobs in banking, investments, financial planning, etc the only econ major I knew from school was selling investment products 5 yrs after graduation - he called me to see if I had any money to invest - I didn't and I have always done my own investing and prefer no-load funds

Answer 3

Start by reading the Owen-Glass Act of 1913. Then follow that up with Secrets of The Federal Reserve by Eustace Mullins. Soak up as much as you can about the American economy pre and post 1913. Then come to your own conclusion regardless of what others have to say.

Most people are obtusely unaware that the Federal Reserve is a privately held corporation. Furthermore, they are very clueless as to how this affects their financial situation. This topic will never be covered by the mainstream media (in depth from this angle) because the people who own the Federal Reserve also control the majority stock in CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, network radio and many newspapers and magazines.

Politicians are more likely to slit their own wrists than talk about this since they would likely find re-election an impossible task should they tell their constituents the truth.

Being ex-special forces I would say that earning a degree in economics pales in comparison to the training and working environment that our special forces operatives handle. All said, I doubt you would have the spine to speak publicly about this issue knowing it would be to your detriment since most Americans never had the courage to serve their country in a forward deployed combat position.

Answer 4

just about as good as my history undergrad degree

Answer 5

First, Ignore previous moron Yeo3.

Second, understand that everything boils down to supply and demand.

Third, be sure you're happy with charts and graphs.