Economics Major

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Complete all institutional graduation requirements.

Economics requires a minimum of 65 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: 18 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
STAT 243Z - Elementary Statistics I*SMI Credits: 4

Upper Division Required Courses: 24 credits

ECON 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credits: 5
ECON 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credits: 5
ECON 370 - History of Economic Thought*SSC Credits: 5
ANTH 395 - Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences 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: 65

Last EPCC update - May 2023

Previous EPCC Checksheet (February 2014) this checksheet is valid for summer 2014-spring 2023

Four Year Plan

Economics Typical Four Year Curriculum