Hello, everyone:
If any of you are interested in studying in the graduate school of the field
of economics or related disciplines, I would like to recommand you some
courses for drilling your techniques.
Basics (helpful for your studying in MA):
1. Programming ability like C++
A familiarity of a computer program helps you master Stata, SAS or Matlab,
for it provides you an understanding of the language of a computer. An
ability to communicate with your PC nowaday becomes indispensable when you
have to do either empirical or theoretical research (e.g., calibration in
macro.) in any field.
2. Linear algebra/ Ordinary differential equation and partial differential
equation (ODE & PDE).
The quickest way to learn mathematics may be to learn them from the college
of science, the college of engineering, or the college of electronic
engineering and information. For example, a sequence of engineering
mathematics divided by three semesters includes: linear algebra for one, ODE
and PDE for another, and complex function theory for the other. Though
mathematics wont come as handy as programming, I recommand those for they are
so much fundamental disciplines that you should take them as your general
education like the role played by calculus.
What about learning them from the dept. of math.? Well..., to learn tools
from the dept. of math is a harsh experience for me... For one thing they
used to forcus on how to prove and write down ideas, for the other they
usually give you unacceptable low scores and make you suffer each class. My
opinions are
i) You are good at math. and fully appreciate it, then go ahead!
ii) All you life (and time!) math is the only belief and the only discipline
you would like to know, then go ahead!
iii) You do not just want to know how to (or you hate to) calculate
everything, then go ahead!
Otherwise, for me, a student poor at math., who wants to indulge myself in
different fields and enjoy my life, should always try to learn from
engineering math. first.
3. Advanced statistics or mathematical statistics in the equivalent level.
We are lucky that S.S. Chen has a mathematical statistics designed for
the statistical tools of econometrics. If any of you have missed a full
year of this training, I would recommend it.
4. Any alternative?
1) As long as you are young and eager to learn, try to challenge yourself
whenever it is possible. You might wish to substitute any math. course
by a full year of mathematical economics. But I should say the truth, and
the truth is whenever you learn math. economics here, you forget it.
2) C/C++ is widely used and can be applied by statistical softwares. Other
computer language is good, if you spend your time drilling it.
5. Econometrics if you do not have one!
Time is mean to us, for neither did we have one semester econometrics when
we were sophomore, nor will we have this crazy TA for econometrics next
year. Alas, the key point is, after you learn econometrics, you know
the quantitative method in our field and follow up your junior classmates
(and, of course, top students abroad)!
Quanlitative discipline gives you to which way the world is going,
quantitative discipline, in addition, tells you how long has the world
run!
Econometric TA of J.T. Liu
http://r96323008ntu.blogspot.com/
Ref:
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/05/which-math-courses.html
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