You should focus your efforts as a FY student on taking a wide variety of classes, particularly classes that fulfill distribution requirements. If you think you may want to be an economics major you should take ECON 100, Introduction to Economics during the first year. (This course also meets a distribution requirement.) A 200-level economics elective is another option for second-semester FY students who have taken ECON 100 or the equivalent. If you are uncertain about your math skills, MATH 113: Applied Statistics also meets a distribution requirement and may help prepare you for ECON 200: Quantitative Methods in Economics.

There is no need to take more than one or two economics courses during the first year. In the long run, you will be better off with a broad base of courses from various departments. The first year is not the time to specialize.