Requirements for the Economics Major
All economics majors are required to successfully complete 75 credits from:
- Two 100-level courses (12 credits)
- MATH 101: Calculus with Problem Solving or MATH 111: Introduction to Calculus or equivalent (6 credits)
- STAT 120: Introduction to Statistics or STAT 250: Introduction to Statistical Inference or equivalent (6 credits)
- Three 300-level core courses (18 credits)
- ECON 329: Econometrics Econometrics
- ECON 330: Intermediate Price Theory Intermediate Price Theory
- ECON 331: Intermediate Macro Theory Intermediate Macro Theory
Mathematics 101 or 111 (or equivalent) and Statistics 120 or Statistics 250 (or equivalent) are prerequisites for Economics 329 and 331, and Mathematics 101 or 111 (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for Economics 330.
- Four electives (numbered 215 or above), this includes ECON 398: Advanced Research in Economics (24 credits):
- ECON 221: Cambridge Program: Contemporary British Economy
- ECON 222: Cambridge Program: The Industrial Revolution in Britain
- ECON 240: Microeconomics of Development
- ECON 241: Growth and Development (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 242: Economy of Latin America (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 244: Gender and Ethnicity in Latin American Economic Development
- ECON 246: Welfare Economics and Mechanism Design (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 257: Economics of Gender (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 262: The Economics of Sports (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 263: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Performance (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 264: Health Care Economics
- ECON 265: Game Theory and Economic Applications
- ECON 267: Behavioral Economics
- ECON 268: Economics of Cost Benefit Analysis (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 269: Economics of Climate Change
- ECON 270: Economics of the Public Sector
- ECON 271: Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
- ECON 273: Water and Western Economic Development (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 274: Labor Economics
- ECON 275: Law and Economics
- ECON 276: Money and Banking
- ECON 277: History and Theory of Financial Crises
- ECON 278: Industrial Organization and Firm Behavior (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 280: International Trade
- ECON 281: International Finance
- ECON 282: The Theory of Investment Finance (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 283: Corporate Finance (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 285: Computational Economics
- ECON 286: Economic Beliefs, Political Beliefs, and Identity (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 287: AI: Economic Impacts, Challenges, & Opportunities (not offered 2024-25)
- ECON 398: Advanced Research in Economics
- One advanced seminar, Economics 395 (6 credits)
- ECON 395.01: Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics and Finance (.24/FA)
- ECON 395.02: Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics and Finance (.24/FA)
Completion of the core sequence is a prerequisite for Advanced Seminars and the integrative exercise and must occur by the end of the junior year.
- Integrative Exercise (3 credits)
- ECON 400: Integrative Exercise
- Six Talk Credits: As part of the satisfaction of their comps exercise, majors must accumulate six talk credits during their combined junior and senior years by attending department events, including: the Veblen-Clark Lecture, the Lamson Lecture, other scheduled talks by visiting speakers sponsored by the department, and candidate job talks during recruiting years. These talk credits will be tracked by the economics department and will not appear on your transcript. Note: Attending the Veblen-Clark Lecture or the Lamson Lecture each count for two talk credits. All others count for one talk credit. Juniors may accumulate one talk credit for attending the senior comps poster session. We encourage majors to participate in the numerous activities that take place in the department.
We strongly encourage prospective majors to complete all mathematics prerequisites no later than the sophomore year. Math courses may be taken on an elective S/Cr/NC basis but we encourage students to take these on a graded basis. Completion of the core sequence is a prerequisite for Advanced Seminars and the integrative exercise and must occur by the end of the junior year. We encourage students to take Economics 329 in their sophomore spring or junior fall terms. All Advanced Seminars (395) are typically offered only in fall term.
Students considering graduate school in economics should also take Mathematics 120, 210 or 211, 232, 236, 240 and Statistics 250. Courses teaching additional skills such as computer science, advanced rhetoric and analysis of political and social policies are highly recommended.