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collundo · « **on:** January 31, 2010, 08:14:00 pm »

Hi, I'm just chosing my subjects for 1st year at Melbourne. Was just wondering how much maths is involved with economics. I did Economics 3/4 in year 12 and enjoyed it, but there was little to no maths involved.

However on the UoM site it says that Maths Methods is needed to do it. I did methods in year 12 and got 28, which is enough to do it, but I absolutely hated it. What level of maths is there in the course? Are there complex equations and things because I don't ever want to have to use my CAS calculator again if possible.

schmalex · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2010, 09:19:37 pm »

introductory micro and macro have little maths, but quantitative methods is fairly math-heavy

*ryan777* · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2010, 11:20:16 pm »

ive been reading through the micro/macro book (the one used at monash) and yeah, the math seems to be mostly linear stuff u should have known from yr9 or 10, in fact my friend got a HD in macro and i think he got about ur score for methods

as for 2nd year and beyond...it depends on what units u choose as to how much math there is

dw, i didnt like methods a whole lot either and now im doing an economics course...lets hope it works out

edit: dw about using ur CAS calc again bcos i believe economics is done tech-free anyway

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