Current Events > Lol.... this is what happens when you put calculus in a non-calc prereq class.

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Just got my midterm back. I got an 81. This econ class isn't supposed to have calculus as a pre-requisite, but she put it in this class anyways.

At the start of class, she put a chart on the board showing the median and average of the exam.

Median: 58
Average: 64

Half of the class failed.

She said though she is going to give everyone about 7 or 8ish points extra to equal out from the median, so I'll boost to an 88 or 89. But man, this shouldn't have happened. She's also offering extra credit too, but what did you expect from adding calculus in a class that these people may not have even taken pre-calc or whatever. So many people were fucked going in.
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Averages in my econ classes were like 30 to 40 percent
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What exact economics class was it and what calculus stuff was it? Though it's required for intermediate and above, it's never really needed because most everything is always given.
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LockeMonster posted...

What exact economics class was it and what calculus stuff was it? Though it's required for intermediate and above, it's never really needed because most everything is always given.

Level 300 Economic Development. The department doesn't require Calculus for it. Only pre-requisites are Micro and Macro econ.

The calculus stuff followed the solow model and formulas, as well as Cobb douglas and a few others too. Everyone was so lost.

ConfessPlease posted...

Averages in my econ classes were like 30 to 40 percent

Damn. >_>
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Funny, that's not how it worked at my school. Generally the median for those was in the 80s-90s
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P4wn4g3 posted...

Funny, that's not how it worked at my school. Generally the median for those was in the 80s-90s

The thing is though, even my instructor said it, that we typically should have taken calculus for this class. Thankfully for me, when I actually can get an explanation on how to do a problem, I can usually do it. It just took a lot to figure out what the Hell we were doing. One thing is for sure, the Lorenz curve is far, far easier to just explain step by step rather than making a formula for it. Same for practically everything else.

I get the use of knowing the formulas, but it just gets confusing remembering what 1-a or k(t+1) is supposed to indicate in economics terms. Especially at the rate of how this woman teaches.
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Just about every freshman class, and sophomore - Jr at most schools, can be made easier with Calc but don't require it. There are long ass algebraic equations that work instead of derivatives, integrals, or series.
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Fuck math, fuck calculus and fuck school
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