Bachelor of Arts in Economics

 

University Requirements

• A total of 120 credit hours
• 6 credit hours of college writing
• 3 credit hours of college mathematics or the equivalent by examination
  
  General Education Requirements
  
• A total of 30 credit hours, consisting of one foundation course and one second-level course in an approved sequence from each of the five curricular areas
• No more than 6 credit hours may be taken in the same discipline
  
  Tracks
  General or International
  
  Major Requirements
  
• 37 credit hours with grades of C or better
• For the International track, demonstration of intermediate level or higher competence in one modern foreign language
  
  Core Requirements (16 credit hours)
  
• ECON-100/ECON-100G Macroeconomics 4:1 (3)
• ECON-200/ECON-200G Microeconomics 4:2 (3)
• ECON-300 Intermediate Microeconomics (3) or ECON-500 Microeconomics (3)
• ECON-301 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3) or ECON-501 Macroeconomics (3)
• One of the following:
  ECON-480 Research Seminar in Economics (3)
  ECON-491 Internship (3)
  ECON-492 Internship in Teaching Economics (3)
  Study abroad course with emphasis in economics or political economy at 300-level or higher.
• STAT-202 Basic Statistics (4)
  
  General
  
• 18 credit hours in economics courses (ECON-XXX) at the 300 level or above.
  Students may take no more than two of the following: ECON-370 International Economics, ECON-371 International Economics: Trade, and ECON-372 International Economics: Finance. Students may take no more then two of: ECON-361, ECON-362 and ECON-363. One course at the 300 level may be taken outside of the Economics Department with the advisor's approval if the course is closely related to economics. No more than 6 credit hours may be fulfilled by the Washington Economic Policy Semester courses, economics courses from study abroad programs, or ECON 498/499 Senior Honors I/II. No more than 3 credit hours of independent reading and study courses, internships, and co-ops may be used to satisfy this requirement.
  
  International
  
• ECON-371 International Economics: Trade (3)
• ECON-372 International Economics: Finance (3)
• One of the following: ECON-351 Comparative Economic Systems (3), ECON-361 Economic Development (3), ECON-362 Microeconomics of Development (3), ECON-363 Macroeconomics of Development, ECON-358 Economics of the World Regions (3) (topics), ECON-552 Economics of Transition (3), ECON-555 Economic Development of Latin America (3)
• One of the following: IBUS-300 Fundamentals of International Business (3), SIS-385 International Economic Policy (3), SIS-465 International Trade and Investment Relations (3), SIS-466 International Monetary and Financial Relations (3)
• 6 credit hours of additional economics courses (ECON-XXX) at the 300 level or above, excluding ECON-370 International Economics.
  No more than 6 credit hours may be fulfilled by the Washington Economic Policy Semester courses and economics courses from Study Abroad Programs. No more than 3 credit hours of independent reading and study courses, internships, and co-ops maybe be used to satisfy this requirement.
  

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