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Originally Posted by MWG
You may wish to devote serious thinking about this,
I second his advice, econ classes at at large waste of time,
two mathematician from the past are enough to "shake"
the foundation of economics, Von neumann came first
J.F. Nash the second, without a strong background in
mathematics, a top phd program wont take you far enough,
you should not aim at taking the math for the sake to do well/ get into
the program, but for building a strong foundation in which your future
research can laid upon.
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thanks so much for your advice. (and the poster above)
i think it was a misguided and naive thinking on my part to just to try to hurry up and graduate and get my undergrad and start my master's in econ and finish all my schooling asap. especially since i have so little math as i type this (calc 1,2, linear algebra, stats, mathematical logic, set theory, game theory)
i just put together a quick tentative plan now based on my school and my school's neighbour's (projected) course offerings; if anyone knows a lot about senior math courses specifically good for economics, could you please recommend me some or advise me to get rid of any that i might not need below (thanks):
-coursework plan-
Winter 2006: adv micro & macro, adv econometrics, linear algebra ii, intro to analysis
Spring 2007: calculus 3, probability, diff. eq 1
Fall 2007: measure & integration, groups & rings (i'm not sure if this helps but it's required..homomorphisms?), metric space, and either: a) multivariate analysis (is this hepful?) or b) diff eq 2 (apparently a great deal of computer use)
<apply for MA econ>
Winter 2007: optimization, stochastic calculus, applied real analysis, maybe.. statistics if i can handle all the workload
i tried to pick out the courses that were frequently mentioned on this forum, and supposedly all the courses i mentioned above are all being offered. my goal is to enroll in a good MA Econ program in canada after undergrad and after that i'm not sure what i will do next (U.S. = too expensive). i know everyone says US Master's isn't that good for PhD prep but are they not good even for getting a good econ/quant related jobs in either public or private sector?
thanks for reading..