Economics Major

Complete all institutional graduation requirements.

Economics requires a minimum of 61 credits to complete the major. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course counting towards the major and a cumulative GPA of 2.00 is required for completion of the major. S/U courses may not be elected for program requirements.

Lower Division Required Courses: 19 credits

ECON 201 - Microeconomics*SSC Credits: 5
ECON 202 - Macroeconomics*SSC Credits: 5
MATH 241 - Survey Calculus*SMI Credits: 4 _{^{(higher level calculus can be taken)}}
Online student complete MATH 241A /MATH 241B in lieu of MATH 241

Choose one of the following options:

Option One:
STAT 243 - Elementary Statistics*SMI Credits: 4
^{Online student complete STAT 243A /STAT 243B in lieu of STAT 243}
STAT 244 - Correlation & Regression Credits: 1
Option Two:
POLS 251 - Social Science Research Methods Credits: 5

Upper Division Required Courses: 19 credits

ECON 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credits: 5
ECON 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credits: 5
ECON 370 - History of Economic Thought*SSC Credits: 5
ECON 401 - Econometrics Capstone I Credits: 2
ECON 402 - Econometrics Capstone II Credits: 2

Upper ECON Division Electives: 23 Credits

At least 15 credits must be in ECON coursework. Coursework outside ECON must be approved by ECON faculty

ECON 310 - Selected Topics Credits: 1-6
ECON 318 - Money/Financial Markets/Institutions Credits: 5
ECON 345 - Economics Of Development Credits: 5
ECON 355 - Ecological Economics Credits: 5
ECON 376 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Credits: 5
ECON 410 - Selected Topics Credits: 2-6
ECON 435 - Public Finance Credits: 5
ECON 475 - Environ Econ Credits: 5

Total credits required for major: 61

Last EPCC update - February 2014

Four Year Plan

Economics Typical Four Year Curriculum