Economics and Maths

caroline1111

Hey, if there anyone here who is doing economics and maths or knows someone that did it, maybe you could help me out. Is the course very difficult? My main concern is the maths - while I like it and am good at it I don't know if I'd be able to handle doing pure maths at university level. Is the maths geared towards the economics/finance, etc or are you doing all types of it? How are the job prospects for graduates? Thanks

higgz

Someone please answer, I'm in the exact same position!?! Torn between BESS economcs, Economics and Maths, or even Economics and Finance in UCD.

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caroline1111 wrote: »

Hey, if there anyone here who is doing economics and maths or knows someone that did it, maybe you could help me out. Is the course very difficult? My main concern is the maths - while I like it and am good at it I don't know if I'd be able to handle doing pure maths at university level. Is the maths geared towards the economics/finance, etc or are you doing all types of it? How are the job prospects for graduates? Thanks

Of course it's difficult! It's half maths and half economics. The maths is not geared toward economics: half your classes will be in the Arts Building with the economists and half of them will be in the Science Building with the mathematicians. The advantage you will have is when it comes to "economics maths" which is not as difficult as real maths. As a general rule of thumb, final year economics gets about as mathsy as second year maths. In that sense, it will make you a fine economist, but obviously this comes at the expense of having to struggle through all the mathematical courses down the Hamilton.

As with any maths degree in Trinity, I wouldn't recommend it unless you're really at the top end of your LC Maths. TBH I think you need to be the sort of person looking at an A. My friend did Maths + Economics and out of the dozen or so people in that class, I think she was only one of two or three not to get an A1.

The job prospects are excellent.

evercloserunion

Kinda wish I'd done a course like that now, sounds class.

higgz

woah! I just found out that this course rose from 470 last year to 540 this year! That's a 70 point swing!!!

ED E

We dove straight into proofs by induction in our maths module, they dont mess around in the loyd building, be warned.

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Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

We dove straight into proofs by induction in our maths module, they dont mess around in the loyd building, be warned.

Let me share with you some wisdom. With regards to mathematical analysis, the two most valuable words you will ever learn are "Suppose not."

higgz

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Let me share with you some wisdom. With regards to mathematical analysis, the two most valuable words you will ever learn are "Suppose not."

And I though Maths was the last subject left that either had a right or wrong answer :rolleyes:

Économiste Monétaire

He's referring to proof by contradiction; it's commonly used in mathematics lite (a.k.a. microeconomics).

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higgz wrote: »

And I though Maths was the last subject left that either had a right or wrong answer :rolleyes:

With binary it is. Not liking boolean though.

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Économiste Monétaire wrote: »

commonly used in mathematics lite (a.k.a. microeconomics).

Mathematics lite > unrealistic systems of linearised equations. You want proof? Suppose not :pac: