I've Got a younger cousin coming out of high school this december, he's leaning towards an econ major, starting college in the fall. I'd like to like him talk to a recent grad to let him get a feel for the nature of the coursework and possibly career options. The idea here is to inform him so he can avoid switching majors 3 or 4 times. No seriously large committment of time required, just lunch (on me) one afternoon for maybe an hour or so.

10/26/2008 11:48:50 PM

I am an econ major, and I go around blowing shit up

10/27/2008 8:13:10 AM

I don't know much about our Econ dept...but if its like the rest of the College of Management he should go to another school

10/27/2008 7:19:57 PM

whats wrong with our management department

10/27/2008 9:23:08 PM

the econ department is great I say if he has an interest in econ then go for it but I would complement it with a statistics or finance degree because they work hand in hand and it will help a great deal when looking for a job.

stat/econ or finance/econ are strong combinations

10/27/2008 9:49:49 PM

^I second
Most econ jobs require lots of statistics (analyst work) or finance (financial stuff...)

10/28/2008 9:53:37 PM

'06 - Econ and Poli Sci. Work at BofA. Glad to talk - Live in Charlotte.

10/28/2008 10:18:08 PM

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"whats wrong with our management department"

Advising sucks.
Half the teachers suck.
Class sizes are atrocious.

My biggest gripe is probably the advising though. I'm double majoring in an engineering field and in management. The difference in advising is like night and day. I've NEVER sat down with an advisor in COM except for the day I went to add my second major (and they managed to screw that up, trying to drop my first major and sending my CSC advisor into a frenzy). Their method of handing out PINs is for us to come to a big group session and listen to them talk for 40 minutes. Then they hand you a piece of paper or if you're an upperclassmen, and have a decent GPA, they just start e-mailing it to you.

10/28/2008 11:07:37 PM

^Speaks the truth. I was a business major for a little bit and it was just a horrible experience (now math major).


I did get my minor in Econ, and all the professors rock.

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10/29/2008 7:31:32 AM

All the econ teachers are awesome and I've never had an econ class with more than 30 other students

12/6/2008 10:44:59 PM

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"All the econ teachers are awesome and I've never had a 300 level econ class with more than 30 other students"

12/7/2008 7:57:55 AM

^econ majors only take 1 200-level class, and its certainly possible to get a small one. especially if you can get in the honors program.

^^^^advising for business majors does suck. advising in the econ department is totally different. my econ advisor's jaw dropped when i told him i hadnt met w/ a business advisor since the first semester freshman year.

12/7/2008 11:04:48 AM

State has a good econ department.

One of the best professors I have ever had is in there, his name is Lee Craig and tell your cousin to take as many classes as he can with him.

Also, get a BS in Econ. Be ready to to like math and the other people saying to complement it with statistics are smart. Do that.

If you are good enough and can get into a pHd program in Econ, you will never ever have to worry about money again, so long as you go somewhere decent. The WORLD graduates around 900 Econ PhDs a year and there is a strong demand.

12/7/2008 4:54:18 PM