Programs

Economics Major

This major prepares students for entry into graduate programs in economics. An economics major also prepares students for entry into professional schools such as law, business and public administration, while other students directly enter careers in business or government.

A 2.00 grade point average is required for all economics courses (and MA 109 or MA 161 if selected as electives) taken for the major in the department.

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  120
• General Education

  30-40

• Required Courses in Major

  32
• Economics Core

  16
• EC 201 Microeconomic Principles

  4
• EC 202 Macroeconomic Principles

  4
• EC 401 Intermediate Microeconomics

  4
• EC 402 Intermediate Macroeconomics

  4

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• Option 1: General Economics Concentration

  16
• In addition to the Economics Core take 16 credits of economics electives.
•      MA 161 Calculus I [QUAR] * and/or

  4
•      MA 109 Introduction to Probability and Statistics [QUAR] *

  4

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• Option 2: International Economics

  16
• In addition to the Economics Core complete the following:
•      MA 109 Introduction to Probability and Statistics [QUAR]

  4
•      EC 320 Money and Banking

  4
•      EC 425 International Economics

  4
•      EC 460 Economic Development

  4

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• Option 3: Public Policy

  16
• In addition to the Economics Core choose four of the following five courses:
•      EC 320 Money and Banking

  4
•      EC 345 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

  4
•      EC 363 Economics of Regulation and Antitrust

  4
•      EC 405 Economics of Public Choice

  4
•      EC 415 Labor Economics (4 cr.)

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• Option 4: Political Economy

  16
• In addition to the Economics Core complete the following:
•      EC 330 Law and Economics

  4
•      EC 340 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy [PERS]

  4
•      EC 363 Economics of Regulation and Antitrust

  4
•      EC 405 Economics of Public Choice

  4

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• Option 5: Economics Graduate School Bound**

  16
• In addition to the Economics Core complete the following:
•      MA 109 Introduction to Probability and Statistics [QUAR]

  4
•      MA 161 Calculus I [QUAR]

  4
•     Plus two additional Economics Elective courses

  8

*May be counted as electives toward the economics major.

**Students planning on pursuing graduate studies in economics are strongly encouraged to
 minor in mathematics.

This major does not require a minor.