Economics B.A.

Learning Goals

Writing in the Discipline

Department of Economics and Finance

Department Chair: Alema Karim

Economics Program Faculty: Professor Blais; Associate Professors Basu, Karim, Tashiro

Students must consult with their assigned advisor before they will be able to register for courses. A graded writing assignment is required for every course.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 215	Principles of Macroeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 314	Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Applications	4	Fall.
ECON 315	Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Analysis	4	Spring.
ECON 449	Introduction to Econometrics	4	Fall, Spring.
ECON 462	Seminar in Economic Research	4	Spring.
	-Or-
ECON 492	Independent Study II	4	As needed.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 331	Topics in Global Economics	4	Annually (even years).
ECON 335	Economics of Race and Gender	4	Annually (even years).
ECON 337	Economics of Climate Change and Sustainability	4	Annually (odd years).

THREE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 390	Directed Study	4	As needed.
ECON 421	International Economics	4	As needed.
ECON 422	Economics of Developing Countries	4	As needed.
ECON 431	Labor Economics	4	As needed.
ECON 433	Economics of Government	4	As needed.
ECON 435	Urban Economics	4	As needed.
ECON 436	Industrial Organization and Market Structure	4	As needed.
ECON 437	Environmental Economics	4	As needed.
ECON 438	History of Economic Thought	4	As needed.
ECON 490	Independent Study in Economics	4	As needed.
ECON 491	Independent Study I	4	As needed.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ACCT 201	Principles of Accounting I: Financial	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ENGL 230	Writing for Professional Settings	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
FIN 301	Financial Management	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 177	Quantitative Business Analysis I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 248	Business Statistics I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Total Credit Hours: 57