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Originally Posted by G-nerd
If anyone in this forum is majoring in economics or has graduated with a degree can you provide a review of the core econ courses which are econ 301, 302, 305, and buec 333.
I have heard that these courses are a nightmare and that many people fail these classes. I am contemplating right now if it's worth it to pursue an econ degree since many students just end up failing and starting back at square one. My alternative choice would be to transfer to business where the courses aren't too math intensive.
What does one need to do to survive these courses. I am not too math deficient since I got a B+ in calculus 1 but if this requires a higher quantitative level then I am screwed. I am really freaking out about these classes, are there any profs that are more sympathetic to the students ?
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pursue a degree in something you would be interested in. don't base it on the courses you have to take. if you like what you are doing, the grades will come naturally and difficult courses will become good challenges. the level of difficulty in a course is also subjective. aside from the "every person is different" explanation, it also depends on the course instructor and various other things.
i myself am in business and have found that the courses most people hype up to be the most difficult have in fact been not that difficult (i.e. bus254 managerial accounting). On the other hand, I had trouble with courses that others found easy. Another course business students dread taking is bus336 (statistics), but i took it with one of the best profs at SFU and he made the course incredibly easy to understand. i'm not a math genius, and i'm normally a B student that rarely gets any A's, but i got an A in that class.
If you're unsure what to pursue, i think business has some very useful and interesting courses. someone mentioned that it has an insane GPA requirement, but it doesn't. I transferred into business in my 2nd year, and all you need to maintain, in order to get in, is a 3.0 (that's a B). Once you're in, only the new accounting program requires you to maintain a 3.0 GPA, otherwise you just need the minimum 2.0.