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Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London
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Economics A or B

I'm sure I've read what the difference is before on here but I can't find it... :redface:

What's the difference?

Thanks in advance... :smile:
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Ossie1701
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http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/economicHistory/study/undergraduateProgrammes/faq_ug_app.htm#1

EC102 or EC100, depending on whether you have an A in A-level maths.


I believe that if you scroll down to the first year and click on the above course codes, they explain the difference.

Are you doing Economic History by the way?
Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London
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Ossie1701
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I'm going to hijack this thread - does anyone do Economic History? Anyone tell me what its like? cheers.
Economics A is supposed to be much simpler than Economics B, from what I've heard anyway :smile:
gizmoleeds
Yeah, I can't work out from the descriptions which is more appropriate for me - I did do a-level Maths but I hated it and it was 2 years ago, so I think I'll have to attend both lectures and decide which I like. :smile:

Seriously though, I've said this to a few people, there really isn't any Maths at all in Economics B - so I haven't got a clue why they're advising you to do Economics A, but considering it's meant to be easier, I wouldn't complain :biggrin:
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Xanthe
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Ollie, didn't you also say Economics B has a 40% failure rate?
Xanthe
Ollie, didn't you also say Economics B has a 40% failure rate?

I'm not sure. I don't think it's that high, but it is quite easy to fail Economics B even though you know quite a lot of stuff, so it's probably about 30% I'd say. But like I also said, Economics A is supposed to be simpler so it would make more sense to do that; and also there definitely isn't any need for an A in A-level Mathematics to do Econ B so if you do have to do it then definitely don't panic :smile:
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Knogle
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Does it matter in any way (in the long term) if you do Economics A over Economics B?
gizmoleeds
No-one's actually told me which I should do (other than people on here). The lectures for both were at the same time so I went to B's lecture. I thought I would be fine with it but a 30-40% failure rate sounds terrible - now I'm thinking I should've gone to A.... :redface:

I wouldn't worry about that failure rate, a large number of first year modules have high failure rates because you get a considerable amount of students who doss about in their first year and when they start revising (usually the week before) it's too late. Like I've said a few times, I got a 2:2 in EC102 and I only went to a few lectures, copied other peoples homeworks, attended about 50% of classes and last minute revised; so I'm pretty sure you won't have a problem if you actually do some work this year :biggrin:
econ A is easy (and i do econ history)
alfieatthelse
econ A is easy (and i do econ history)


Although, I've only been to one lecture, I wholeheartedly agree. I really don't know what to think anymore though! At the induction meeting, one of the tutors said that if you don't have an A at A level Maths, you will most probably fail Econ B whereas a friend of mine who went to the lecture apparently claims there is little or no maths! Confused? I am! :frown:
Parisian Scot
Although, I've only been to one lecture, I wholeheartedly agree. I really don't know what to think anymore though! At the induction meeting, one of the tutors said that if you don't have an A at A level Maths, you will most probably fail Econ B whereas a friend of mine who went to the lecture apparently claims there is little or no maths! Confused? I am! :frown:

Yeah there was no Maths in Econ B when I did it, so I don't know why they're saying that about it. I have a feeling it might be because the Econ B group is massive, and they'd rather it was cut down a bit by getting people to do Econ A instead. I'm probably wrong, but it would make sense, and it's definitely not because the level of Maths (which isn't even there) is too hard for non-A grade Maths students.

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