If i want to major in finance is economics a required course?

Question

my school offers either [economics] or [business and management],, my parents and my counselor told me that i should take economics to prepare for finance as it is the fundamental to everything,, but then my economics teacher told me to take business and management.. pleaaase helpp me so i cn change my schedule or something T.T

Answer 1

Most finance majors are required to take, at a minimum, beginning micro and macro economics courses, if not more.  

Answer 2

You will have to take intro to micro and intro to macro (that's how it works at penn state, all business majors take them).  They are easy.  I  doubt you have to take upper econ because you're not an economics major.  Upper econ involes calculus but I think economic theory is cake.

Answer 3

If you study finance you will likely need to take some economics courses, but I think you can look up the required curiculum of the school on the internet.

Answer 4

Economics actually is the politics behind the finances. It does help to have a good understanding of this before you take finance because the government controls all of the speculation and futures of economics.

Basically, if you became a finance major, and you wanted to make some kind of work related judgement on someones finances, then you would need to watch the government and the stock market in order to understand what should be done with their money. Without that basic understanding then you would not be able to make money at your job.

It is better to take economics first and get it out of the way. You will find later on that you will want to take a refresher course on it, but taking it first is essential to you understanding how the process of money works. You don't want to be in finance class and think, hey, did I miss something here. Finance class is the second step up from economics.