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what maths is studied for an economics degree?

Is it calculus of am i wrong?
anyone?
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Lots of statistics.

Lots of calculus.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/courseGuides/MA/2016_MA100.htm

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/courseGuides/ST/2016_ST102.htm

And LSE's economics course isn't even the most mathematically heavy. I believe that honor belongs to Cambridge and Bristol based on what I've heard.
Original post by Palette
Lots of statistics.

Lots of calculus.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/courseGuides/MA/2016_MA100.htm

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/courseGuides/ST/2016_ST102.htm

And LSE's economics course isn't even the most mathematically heavy. I believe that honor belongs to Cambridge and Bristol based on what I've heard.



really? i have spoken to lse and ucl economics students and they have said it has a lot of maths. i expect cambridge has a lot though
Thanks :smile:
Reply 4
Original post by samantham999
really? i have spoken to lse and ucl economics students and they have said it has a lot of maths. i expect cambridge has a lot though
Thanks :smile:


It's definitely highly mathematical and I can verify that for UCL as I heard some UCL students speak on the Open Day.

I'm in Year 13 and I'm applying for maths, not economics though there was a six month period in Year 12 when I wanted to study economics.
Reply 5
Original post by samantham999
Is it calculus of am i wrong?


There is a lot of calculus in economics. Microeconomics and macroeconomics are essentially constrained optimisation problems. Econometrics is effectively statistics. You'll also make heavy use of linear algebra in the more advanced modules.
I did a first year on a PhD Economics course where we taught modules so I hope I can answer.

Yes Economics = Maths at the highest level (after BSc)

Be very sound in these areas:

1) Optimisation (Lagrangian, Simplex, Runge Kutta)
2) Statistics ( OLS, GLS, IV, GMM, Time Series, Central Limit Theorem, Hypothesis Testing)
3) Calculus (Multivariable as well as normal)

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