經濟當然不是文科。空軍學院經濟係教授，他自己是維吉尼亞大學的經濟博士，有一篇advise申請經濟博士班的文章：

https://sites.google.com/site/wdcraighead/grad-school-advice

"Preparing: Math. The most important thing in admissions is your math background (more than economics itself – I suspect most econ PhD programs would love physics and engineering majors).  You should definitely have multivariable calculus and linear algebra.  Statistics (that is, real statistics from the math department), real analysis and differential equations help too.  You’re not really going to use all of it – though it really befuddles you at first, you’ll eventually realize that a large part of the math in economics involves taking a derivative, setting it equal to zero and doing a bunch of algebra. Nonetheless, a strong math background – not just the classes, but good grades in them – is vitally important as a signaling device to convince programs that you’ll be able to handle the rigors of the first year."

 

所有跟帖： 

• 經濟確實不是文科，但是很多偏文科的學生在選這個專業。 -成功的小羊- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/11/2024 postreply 17:01:20

• 有些大學有兩個tracks,一個數學多，一個少。比如計量經濟學，可以搞成理論統計學那樣嚴謹，也可以套套公式解一些實際問題 -quantnj- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/11/2024 postreply 17:07:43

• 有道理，關鍵看選修課都選了些啥 -Croissant_22- ♀ (145 bytes) () 06/11/2024 postreply 17:34:41

• 混過必修課後，選修課文科生更好混，經濟史，經濟倫理學，環境經濟學，經濟法等不要什麽數學 -quantnj- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/11/2024 postreply 17:46:12

• 對的，就是這類虛無縹緲的課，看著真愁人 -Croissant_22- ♀ (154 bytes) () 06/11/2024 postreply 17:52:18

• 娃說想學經濟。我們拚命往裏擠。結果娃說雖然拿了學位，根本沒讀懂。 -成功的木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/11/2024 postreply 17:04:16

• 經濟，數學是芝大王牌軍。擠進就對了 -quantnj- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/11/2024 postreply 17:12:34

• 經濟本科算文科還馬馬虛虛,phd肯定是理科,本科至少需要一個math minor才行,不然過不了qualify -Lionkingmom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/11/2024 postreply 17:35:07