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I'll soon be choosing courses for spring semester. I haven't taken intermediate micro or macroeconomics, nor econometrics. I think I'll delay intermediate micro until junior year. Math courses I'm currently taking are real analysis, general topology, and advanced linear algebra Here's what I'm planning for the spring. I'm a second year. Graduate complex analysis Abstract Algebra Number Theory General Relativity Intermediate Macro? or Mathematical Stat? Taking math stat will allow me to take econometrics next fall. Do I need metrics to have any shot at graduate schools? If neither are all that necessary, I sorta want to take a graduate course on topology of manifolds which seems interesting.

^Depending on what year you are in, if RA seems impossibly difficult, you should put it off until next semester or next year, and in the mean time take a slightly easier proof-based math course like topology. That's just my two cents.

Is that right? I've been told that graduate real analysis, probability theory, and functional analysis are useful for graduate econ.

I studied proof writing over the summer, also went through a good portion Rudin, so I think I'm prepared for at least Real Analysis. I'm unfamiliar with Diff. Geo, but the only prerequisites are Calc III and linear algebra, so I think I'll give it a shot. I'm just trying to focus exclusively on mathematics, because if I'm excellent at it, econ will come easy.

The reason I'm focusing more on math is so that I can be able to apply to math phd programs as well as econ phd programs. I figured all the econ courses I'll need are (intermediate micro, macro, and metrics), which I can put off until junior year.

Advanced Linear Algebra Differential Geometry Real Analysis (using Rudin) Ordinary Differential Equations Discrete Math (from comp sci department) This is my 3rd semester.

I'm an upcoming 2nd year in college having taken multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and intro stat. I originally planned to take analysis this fall, but I'm having second thoughts. I reviewed a proof writing textbook this summer, so I'm pretty sure I could do well in the class, but do you think knowing ODE could be of any help to analysis? I'm having a hard time deciding whether to take analysis this fall or spring. My schedule would look like this. Fall: Intro Programming Intermediate Micro Intro Probability ODE Christian Theology Spring: Basic Real Analysis Game Theory Intermediate Macroeconomics Mathematical Statistics Symbolic Logic

That is quite an amazing profile. I think you're smart enough to assess your own chances. But if that is in fact your legal name, forget it.

So I just finished my 2nd semester of college and I'm relatively happy with my results (A's in multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and introductory statistics), but unfortunately I received an A- in Principles of Macro. The class was way too easy, so the professor made the final exam (all multiple choice) deceptively tricky by using ambiguous wording, and asking a lot of "econo trivia" (i.e. Defense makes up what percent of the federal budget?). If I ace intermediate macro, do you think this A- will be rendered irrelevant?

Real Analysis Intro to Probability Mathematical Microeconomics (Intermediate Micro) Intro to Symbolic Logic Intro to Programming

I've heard elective econ courses (i.e. labor, development, industrial organization, public, etc.) don't matter for PhD admissions. If so, do you think it would be a smart idea to take graduate econ courses right after completing intermediate micro and macro?

I'm currently taking linear algebra, and I was wondering what topics from it I need to know for econ. I don't plan on taking a linear algebra course again, so my knowledge of it in three years might become a little muddled. I'm halfway through the course and so far, we've covered matrix arithmetic, singular/nonsingular matrices, determinants, vector spaces....easy stuff. Can someone make a list of important linear algebra concepts to know? Thanks

So next semester, I need to take a course to satisfy my general ed requirements (humanities) and there's a course offered by the history department called Marxism: what can we learn from it? Do you think taking this course would look bad for a prospective econ PhD student?

The problem is that probability theory I is offered once a year, and since Real Analysis and Linear Spaces I is a prerequisite and offered once a year as well, I won't be able take PT I. But I do plan on taking intro to stochastic processes. Do you think that'll be helpful at all?

This is the list of all math courses at UVA. Is 7310 the graduate real analysis course? UVa Course Catalog - Catalog of Courses for Mathematics (Unofficial, Lou's List)