Bachelor of Science 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
  
  Major Requirements
  
• 48 credit hours with grades of C or better
  
  Course Requirements
  
• 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.
• ECON-505 Introduction to Mathematical Economics (3)
• MATH-211 Applied Calculus I (4) or MATH-221 Calculus I (4)
• STAT-202 Basic Statistics (4)
  
• One of the following:
  ACCT-240 Principles of Accounting (3)
  CSC-280 Introduction to Computer Science I (4)
  Math-212 Applied Calculus II (3)
  Math-222 Calculus II (4) Math-310 Linear Algebra (3)
  
• 15 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 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 may be used to satisfy this requirement.
  
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