BA in Economics

Prerequisites

CAS EC 101 or 111, 102 or 112.

Principal Courses

Minimum requirement: nine courses with grades of C or higher, three of which must be CAS EC 201 (formerly EC 303) or 211 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis, EC 202 (formerly 304) or 212 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis, and EC 305 Economic Statistics. CAS EC 201, 202, and EC 305 should be taken before the senior year. SMG SM 221 Statistical and Economic Decision Making I or CAS MA 214 Applied Statistics is an acceptable substitute for CAS EC 305. CAS MA 213 Basic Statistics and Probability is a prerequisite for MA 214. Students choose the remaining six principal courses from CAS EC 320 through EC 699. All 500-level and above economics courses are graduate-level courses. Special permission from the instructor is required for undergraduates wishing to take these courses. No course taken at another institution after matriculation in the College of Arts & Sciences may normally be transferred toward the principal courses required for completion of the economics major. Petitions for approval of transfer courses must be submitted in writing to the Undergraduate Instruction Committee of the Department of Economics. Metropolitan College courses are considered transfer courses. Departmental approval of transfer courses is required.

Related Courses

Students choosing economics as their major are required to demonstrate a proficiency in calculus by completing any of the following with a grade of C or higher: CAS MA 121, 122, 123, 124, 127, or 129 or by achieving at least a 3 on the appropriate calculus Advanced Placement examinations.