B.A. in Economics

Degree Requirements for B.A. in Economics

  1. Econ 200 Principles of Microeconomics
  2. Econ 202 Principles of Macroeconomics
  3. Econ 250 Statistics for Economists
    or SCM 210 Applied Business Statistics
  4. Math 110 College Algebra
    or Math 120 Pre-Calculus Mathematics
    or Math 192 Methods of Calculus
    or Math 211 Basic Concepts of Calculus
  5. Econ 300 Intermediate Macroeconomics
  6. Econ 302 Intermediate Microeconomics
  7. Econ 335 Tools of Economic Analysis
  8. Econ 500 History of Economic Thought
  9. At least one course chosen from the following Quantitative Analysis courses:
    1. Econ 322 Managerial Economics
    2. Econ 340 Advanced Tools of Economic Analysis
    3. Econ 372 Business Cycles
    4. Econ 480 Quantitative Methods in Economics
    5. Econ 490 Introduction to Econometrics
  10. At least one course chosen from the following Applied Field courses:
    1. Econ 360 Environmental Economics
    2. Econ 410 Money and Banking
    3. Econ 430 International Economics
    4. Econ 435 Multinational Corporations
    5. Econ 460 Labor Economics
    6. Econ 475 Public Finance
    7. Econ 545 Economics of Water Resources
    8. Econ 571 Economics of Sports
    9. Econ 573 Economics of Crime
  11. At least one course chosen from the following Political Economy courses:
    1. Econ 333 Political Economy of Women: Money, Sex, Race, and Power
    2. Econ 352 Political Economy of Poverty and Discrimination
    3. Econ 357 Political Economy of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People
    4. Econ 421 Economic History of the United States
    5. Econ 445 Political Economy
    6. Econ 450 Global Economy
    7. Econ 520 Social Economics
    8. Econ 530 The Good Economy
    9. Econ 540 Political Economy of Latin America
  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.