Major Requirements
Reflecting our diverse approaches to the study of economics, we offer a number of different gateways to the major.
- Students who would like to explore the field should take Introduction to Economic Perspectives (ECO 1202).
- Students who are leaning toward majoring or minoring in economics or who would like to improve their analytical skills should take either Principles of Economics courses (ECO 1203 and/or ECO 1204).
- Business and education students are required to take Introduction to Economics (ECO 1201).
Economics majors are encouraged to take additional courses from various fields which are closely allied to economics and/or prepare one for further study in economics:
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For those interested in careers in business administration: accounting, finance, management, marketing, or statistics
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For those interested in contemporary social problems: political science, history, or sociology
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For those interested in graduate study in economics: mathematics and computer science:
In addition to having satisfied all institutional and distribution requirements, economics majors must complete the following major courses or their equivalents:
- ECO 1203 Principles of Economics: Micro
- ECO 1204 Principles of Economics: Macro
- ECO 2201 Intermediate Microeconomics
- ECO 2202 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Five additional economics courses elected from the following:
- ECO 1225 Economics of Gender
- ECO 3303 Economic Development
- ECO 3304 Economics of Education
- ECO 3305 Environmental Economics
- ECO 3306 International Economics
- ECO 3307 Labor Economics
- ECO 3308 Managerial Economics
- ECO 3309 Marxian Economics
- ECO 3310 Money and Finance
- ECO 3311 Public Finance
- ECO 3312 The History of Economic Thought
- ECO 3313 Topics in Quantitative Economics
- ECO 3314 U.S. Economics History
- ECO 3315 Urban and Regional Economics
Major GPA: The GPA for the Economics major will be calculated by taking the average of courses designated ECO.