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Economics, B.S.

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Code Title Hours
Required Major Courses
ECN 150Introduction to Economics3
ECN 209Applied Econometrics3
ECN 210Intermediate Mathematical Microeconomics3
ECN 211Intermediate Mathematical Macroeconomics3
ECN 318Advanced Topics in Mathematical Economics3
Co-Requirements
MTH 112Calculus with Analytic Geometry II4
MTH 113Multivariable Calculus4
STA 111Elementary Probability and Statistics4
Electives
Quantitative Methods (choose 2 courses from the following) *
MTH 251
Ordinary Differential Equations
MTH 253
Operations Research
MTH 254
Optimization Theory
STA 112
Introduction to Regression and Data Science
STA 214
Applied Generalized Linear Models
STA 247
Design and Sampling
STA 310
Probability
STA 311
Statistical Inference
STA 312
Linear Models
STA 352
Networks: Models and Analysis
CSC 102
Problem Solving with Python
CSC 111
Introduction to Computer Science
CSC 112
Fundamentals of Computer Science
Additional electives in economics (4 courses). At least 2 must have as a prerequisite ECN 209. At least 3 must be at the 300 level.
*

AP credit cannot be used to fulfill the quantitative methods electives requirement.

Prior to declaring the major, students must have a minimum grade of B- or AP credit in ECN 150 and MTH 112. Graduation requirements include a grade of at least a C- in MTH 113, MTH 121, ECN 210 and ECN 211.

Students who have a GPA of at least 3.0 overall and 3.3 in economics, and who complete the research course, ECN 399 (prerequisite is ECN 398), will be considered by the department faculty for the graduation distinction “Honors in Economics”.

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