[werther]

Thank you Asquare for the comment. The main reason I want to do a Master's in Economics is that my undergrad theory courses are no good. to give you an idea, in third year micro class (intermediate microeconomics II), we used absolutely no integral calculus. which is why only differential calculus (+ stats + linear algebra) is a required course in my program. also, third year macro, we still did solow growth theory, which we learned in second year, but i have no idea why we basically covered the same material, and there was no added advanced concepts to it or anything. we even used the same textbook we used in second year. i think it had something to do with my third year macro prof being the co-authors of the book we happened to use in 2nd year (with blanchard and another guy at U of T) which is why he didn't change the text even in third year macro class (fyi, it's the cdn version of blanchard's macroeconomics text, and i'm not sure how technical the american version is, but this version is very easy to understand and no math unless absolutely necessary).

then i came to this forum and realized in other undergrad courses they actually use integration, multivariable calculus and all that mathematical stuff. which got me all worried. i think it was you who said your school's undergrad intermediate micro uses multivariable calc... unless i'm confusing you for someone else. i didn't even see integration in mine. and it's not that i'm begging for hard stuff, i just worry that i'll be graduating with a 4 year BA Econ with a knowledge of maybe an econ minor, and will die once in grad school. and since most canadian econ master's are at most 1 year, and tuition is around the same or less than undergrad (<$5,000 cdn for sure, per academic year), i figured the opportunity cost wont' be that high. (plus my undergrad is a no-name)

also, i'm not exactly sure if i'm ready to make that commitment, of pursuing a PhD, i mean, it's a lofty idea, but i am not sure if i'm capable of such a thing. especially since i'm struggling in my senior honours thesis course now. i would love to, but i don't think i know what im talking about when i say i would like to pursue a PhD, just yet. i was hoping i'd have better idea after my MA. but really, if i didn't have to take all those maths courses, i would ... not..

edit: hey sunnydutt, did you take calc iii? multivariable.. i'm guessing you did, but if not, you really ought to. and i think a course on sets is helpful, for micro, especially; i looked at MA math camp outline and aside from the standard calc, diff eq, prob/stat review, there was also a review on sets and relations and such.. you use that in game theory lots, i think.

never mind, i had thought you sad micro, but you said macro.

i'm sure someone on this board will better answer your question.. i am on more or less in the same boat as you.