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B.A. in Economics

Degree Requirements for B.A. in Economics - Political Economy


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 445 Political Economy
8. Econ 500 History of Economic Thought

9. At least three courses 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 357 Political Economy of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People
        Econ 421 Economic History of the United States
        Econ 450 Global Economy
        Econ 520 Social Economics
        Econ 530 The Good Economy
        Econ 540 Political Economy of Latin America

10. Four additional upper-division econoimcs courses from #9 or the following:

        Econ 322 Managerial Economics
        Econ 335 Tools of Economic Analysis
        Econ 340 Advanced Tools of Economic Analysis
        Econ 360 Environmental Economics
        Econ 372 Business Cycles
        Econ 410 Money and Banking
        Econ 430 International Economics
        Econ 435 Multinational Corporations
        Econ 460 Labor Economics
        Econ 475 Public Finance
        Econ 480 Quantitative Methods in Economics
        Econ 545 Economics of Water Resources
        Econ 571 Economics of Sports
        Econ 573 Economics of Crime

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