Microeconomics or macro?

[smilejc85]

Hi, guys

Next semester, I am going to take one of economics courses.
But I still don't know which one to take b/w micro and macro.
Which one would be more helpful to a pre-dental student?

One more thing, what non-science courses do you recommend to take?
I have already taken music, sociology, geography, English comp, and language.
I'm having a hard time choosing classes for my upcoming semesters.

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[PChemGrad]

I enjoyed macro over micro. just my $0.02

 

[blue_moon01]

try art.
pottery/drawing/painting/lithography....

Oh and I hated Micro. It was easy, but far too much mundane work.

 

[musiq]

I had to take both. But if I had to choose I would choose macro, it is on a bigger scale vs micro. Macro would be more helpful, I think for the basics.

 

[pre-dentalguy]

I had to take both. But if I had to choose I would choose macro, it is on a bigger scale vs micro. Macro would be more helpful, I think for the basics.

I'm actually surprise both aren't apart of your degree plan. I would definitely check that, b/c it's becoming a national requirement, if not already.

But to answer you question... Micro is a prereq for Macro, so you really dont have much of a choice.

 

[john9192]

I think Micro would be better than macro.
As the person who mentioned above, micro was a requirement for macro in our school.
Micro is all about market and macro looks at more bigger picture(like GDP, inflation, and so on).
If you want to open up your own practice after dental school, wouldn't micro be helpful? That is my thought.

 

[sejin8642]

I am taking Macro now without having taken Micro So it's all different for every college.

 

[DentalBoarder]

personally thought micro was way easier than macro.

 

[rocknightmare]

i personally both are totally worthless in terms of dentistry.. but whatever you want to do..

 

[Revelde]

Take personnel economics or Labor economics... Things like that.. they will give u some help later when you have your own private practice.
but both macro and micro are required to take those courses.

 

[Ilive4this]

Take macro you'll probably enjoy it over micro, plus you will get a better overview of economics v.s. micro.... just some advice from a econ minor

 

[The Wop]

I'm an econ major and have taken 9 econ courses thus far (one more next semester). Micro, macro, whatever, it all comes out the same, an A on your transcript if you work hard. Take them both if you can. They're interesting topics, but you need to have the right mindset going in. For example, a really artsy person might have a harder time with it than a business-type person.

 

[DDSY]

As a person with a background with economics, either one would do. I don't think any of them really relates to your future dental practice, and, if one does, it's minimal. Personally, I think a financial accounting class would be more relevant, as are management classes or classes that teaches you how to write a business plan.

 

[PChemGrad]

Macro was the Pre-req for Micro at my school. I took both eventhough it wasnt required. I thought Macro provided a better over view of economics, everything that you learn in macro can be applied. I even noticed correlations between econ and o-chem.

 

[TKO]

Macro will help you understand the national economy as a whole thus the economic enviornment your business operates in. I guess this could help in deciding when to take out loans and etc. Micro focuses more on how individuals and firms make economic decisions. This could help in how you allocate your resources and pricing decisions. BUT everything you learn macro and mirco at the undergrad level makes huge simplifying assumptions that may not be appropriate for operating a practice in the real world.

As a pre dental student, no econ course is helpful since any math is strictly calculus based. My advice is to load bio classes since they make studying for the DAT easier. and art classes would probaly look good on your application

 

[buffgold23]

Take personnel economics or Labor economics... Things like that.. they will give u some help later when you have your own private practice.
but both macro and micro are required to take those courses.

I was just accepted to dental school and my degree was in economics so of course I took a lot of micro and macro type courses. I would agree with the above that Labor Economics would be the best choice. But, if you have to choose between just micro or macro, I would go with micro. You will get more exposure to firm specific behavior which is more relevent to dentistry than learning about allocating resources in a global market.