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Economics (B.A. or B.S.)

This program is offered through the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences.

Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3), the general College of LASS requirements for the B.A. or B.S. degree, and:

One of the following groups of courses (6-7 cr):

Group A.

Econ 201

Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr)

Econ 202

Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr)

or

Group B.*

Econ 272

Foundations of Economic Analysis (4 cr)

One of the following (2-3 cr):

Econ 201

Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr)

Econ 202

Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr)

Two credits of upper-division economics course

and

Econ 351

Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (3 cr)

Econ 352

Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (3 cr)

Econ 490

Economic Theory and Policy (3 cr)

Math 143

Pre-calculus Algebra and Analytic Geom (3 cr) or higher

Math 160

Survey of Calculus,

Additional upper-division credits in economics (12-14 cr)

Upper-division credits in related fields, selected with approval of economics faculty. (15 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

Econ 453

Econometrics (3 cr)

One of the following (4 cr):

Math 170

Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 cr)

Math 175

Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

Stat 251

Prin of Statistics (3 cr)

Stat 301

Probability and Statistics (3 cr)

Courses to total 128 credits for this degree

* A total of six credits in this area is required. Students who have completed Econ 272 with a final grade of B or better may either complete at least two additional upper-division credits in economics or take Econ 201 or Econ 202 for two credits. Students who have completed Econ 272 with a final grade lower than B must take either Econ 201 or Econ 202 for two credits.