Program Requirements for the LAS Economics Major
REQUIRED ECONOMICS COURSES: 37 hrs
- Econ 120 and 121 (6 hrs)
- Econ 220 and 221 (6 hrs); the 4-hr Econ 218 course may substitute for Econ 220
- Econ 270 (4 hrs)
- Econ 345 (3 hrs)
- Econ 346 (3 hrs)
- Econ 395 (0 hrs) (Econ 395 fulfills the Writing-in-the-Discipline requirement)
- Five other economics courses at the 300- or 400- level (15 hrs).
Students may choose any five 300- or 400- level courses to satisfy the requirement of 15 hrs in advanced economics. The following groups of courses are offered as guidance to students who may have an interest in one of the career/educational paths shown below.
BUSINESS/FINANCIAL ECONOMICS: Managerial Economics, Business Conditions Analysis, Business Forecasting Using Time-Series Methods, International Economics, Industrial Organization, Monetary Theory, Economics of Risk and Insurance
HUMAN RESOURCES: Labor Economics, Economic Development, Economic Demography, Health Economics, Economics of Education
URBAN ECONOMICS: Urban Economics, Regional Economics, Introduction to Urban Real Estate, Environmental Economics, Labor Economics, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Markets and Valuation
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: International Economics, Economic Development, Comparative Economic Systems, Economic Demography
PRE-GRADUATE SCHOOL IN ECONOMICS/ BUSINESS/PUBLIC POLICY/ PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: Mathematical Economics, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, International Economics, Public Finance, Economic History of the United States, Economic Development, Urban Economics, History of Economic Thought
PRE-LAW: Law and Economics, Government and Business, Public Finance, Industrial Organization, Economic History of the United States, Economics of Risk and Insurance, Labor Economics, Health Economics
REQUIRED PREREQUISITE AND COLLATERAL COURSES: 5 hrs
- Math 160 (5 hrs)
In addition to those courses required for the major, no more than 24 semester hours may be taken in courses offered by the CBA.
Students who plan to go on to graduate school in a program that emphasizes quantitative skills are strongly encouraged to take Math 180 and 181 and, if possible, also Math 210. Math 180 may be taken in place of the required Econ 345 course. Students planning to take Math 180 may be required to take trigonometry as a prerequisite depending on their performance on the placement test.
NOTE: See Undergraduate Catalog for information on other courses that are required for the degree.
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