Degree Requirements for B.A. in Economics


1. Econ 200 Principles of Microeconomics
2. Econ 202 Principles of Macroeconomics
3. Math 110 College Algebra or Math 120 Pre-Calculus Mathematics
4. Econ 250 Statistics for Economists or MSCI 210 Applied Business Statistics
5. Econ 300 Intermediate Macroeconomics
6. Econ 302 Intermediate Microeconomics
7. Econ 335 Economic Analysis with Microcomputers
8. Econ 500 History of Economic Thought

9. At least one course chosen from the following Quantitative Analysis courses:

Econ 322 Managerial Economics
Econ 340 Advanced Economic Analysis with Microcomputers
Econ 372 Business Cycles
Econ 480 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
Econ 490 Introduction to Econometrics

10. At least one course chosen from the following Applied Field courses:

Econ 360 Economics of the Environment
Econ 410 Money and Banking
Econ 430 International Economics
Econ 435 Multinational Corporations
Econ 460 Labor Economics
Econ 475 Public Finance

11. At least one course chosen from the following Political Economy courses:

Econ 333 Political Economy of Women: Money, Sex, Race, and Power
Econ 352 Political Economy of Poverty and Discrimination
Econ 420 Comparative Economic Systems
Econ 421 Economic History of the United States
Econ 445 Political Economy
Econ 450 Economic Development
Econ 520 Social Economics

12. Four additional upper-division economics courses. With approval of a department advisor, two courses in related fields may be counted toward the upper-division course requirement in economics.

Note: In addition to the course requirements stated above, students considering graduate study in economics are urged to complete the following courses: Economics 480 and Economics 490, Mathematics 211, 212, 251 and 331.