Economics Major

The Economics Curriculum

The B.A./B.S. in Economics requires a total of 60 credit hours

  • 16 for core courses
  • 4 special Interest course
  • 28 for economics electives
  • 12 for math/statistics courses.

Specific requirements are as follows:

Economics Core (4 credits, 16 credits)

Course NumberCourse Name
EC 201ZPrinciples of Microeconomics
EC 202ZPrinciples of Macroeconomics
EC 312Intermediate Macroeconomics
EC 311Intermediate Macroeconomic
 OR
EC 415Microeconomic Theory with Calculus

Special Interest Course: choose 1 of the following 5 courses (1 course, 4 credits):

Course NumberCourse Name
EC 427Cost-Benefit Analysis
EC 456American Economic History:  Colonial Era to 1900
EC 457American Economic History:  The 20th Century
EC 460 History of Economic Thought
EC 469 Applied Econometrics

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.

Math and Statistics (3 courses, 12 credits)  

Course NumberCourse Name
STAT 243ZElementary Statistics I
STAT 244Introduction to Probability and Statistics II
EC 380Introduction to Mathematical Economics    
 OR
MTH 251ZDifferential Calculus    

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.

Degree schedules

BA in Economics

BS in Economics