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Originally Posted by GGG
The math side of an Econ degree can go into some very similar places to other hard sciences if you are doing the theoretical side. You can also have an Econ degree almost devoid of math beyond the basic stats / first year calc / Linear alg.
It’s a degree that sits in both BA and BSc depending on specialization.
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I took natural resource economics as an elective in 3rd year.
On the first day, the prof said that calc 1 was on the pre-requisite list for a reason, and that being able to take a derivative would be required. He also said all the numerical problems could be solved graphically. This ended up being true - by "take a derivative", what he meant was "find the slope of a line given two points."
After this explanation, multiple people got up and left in the middle of the first class.
I do agree that econ CAN have math requirements equivalent to the hard sciences.