The BA and BS in Economics provides the fundamentals of economic analysis for students seeking a wide variety of careers in business, government, and non-profit sectors.
In addition to meeting general university degree requirements, students must complete 60 credits, distributed as follows: 4 core economics courses (Ec 201Z, Ec 202Z, Ec 312, Ec 311 -or- Ec 415), 1 special interest course (4 credits), 7 economic electives (28 credits), and 3 mathematics and statistics courses (12 credits).
Economics Core (4 courses, 16 credits)
| Ec 201Z | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| Ec 202Z | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| Ec 312 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 4 |
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| Ec 311 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 4 |
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| Ec 415 | Microeconomic Theory with Calculus | 4 |
Special Interest Course: Choose 1 of the following 5 courses (1 course, 4 credits)
| Ec 427 | Cost-Benefit Analysis | 4 |
| Ec 456 | American Economic History: Colonial Era to 1900 | 4 |
| Ec 457 | American Economic History: the 20th Century | 4 |
| Ec 460 | History of Economic Thought | 4 |
| Ec 469 | Applied Econometrics | 4 |
Economics Electives (7 courses, 28 credits)
Choose 7 additional Economic courses as electives (28 credits). A minimum of 4 of these 7 courses (16 credits of 28 credits) must be from Ec 410 or above.
Ec 415 cannot be used as an economics elective. Up to 4 credits of Ec 418 may be counted as an elective in the major.
Mathematics and Statistics (3 courses, 12 credits)
| Stat 243Z | Elementary Statistics I | 4 |
| Stat 244 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics II | 4 |
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| Ec 380 | Introduction to Mathematical Economics | 4 |
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| Mth 251Z | Differential Calculus | 4 |
Majors must take a minimum of 24 credits of upper division (300 and above) coursework in residence from this department and must maintain at least a 2.00 grade point average in residence.
All courses used to satisfy the departmental major requirements, whether taken in the department or elsewhere, must be taken for a letter grade and must be graded C- or above.