B.A. in Economics

Economics Major (B.A.)
  31 credit hours required. Plus 7 credits of cognates.

All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  Credits

Required Courses

      13
ECON 105Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 110Principles of Macroeconomics 
ECON 355Intermediate Microeconomics 
ECON 360Intermediate Macroeconomics 
ECON 492Senior Seminar (1 credit) 

      Elective Courses: Choose Any Six
      18
ECON 120The Modern Economy  
ECON 300Statistical Methods in Economics & Business 
ECON 301Local and State Economy 
ECON 302Changing World Economy
     
ECON 303Health Economics 
ECON 306American Economic History 
ECON 307Forecasting and Data Modeling 
ECON 311European Economic History 
ECON 316Comparative Economic Systems 
ECON 321Economic Development of Nations 
ECON 326Current Economic Policy 
ECON 365History of Economic Thought
ECON 380Introduction to Econometrics 
ECON 401Financial Economics 
ECON 406Managerial Economics 
ECON 420Labor Economics 
ECON 441Money and Banking 
ECON 450International Economics 
ECON 460Industrial Organization 
ECON 470Economics of the Public Sector 
ECON 499Junior/Senior Seminar 

      Cognate Requirements
        7
STAT 100, MATH 125 or equivalent Statistics course
COMP 201Intermediate Writing (4 credits) 


Special Notes

  1. Economics majors must earn a minimum grade of 2.0 in every course counted toward the major (required, elective and cognate courses).
  2. Students do not have to take ECON 105 and 110 in sequence. Students must receive a grade of 2.0 or higher in each appropriate prerequisite before taking upper-division economics courses.
  3. Students may not count more than three lower-division courses toward the 31 credit hour requirement for the Economics major. These include ECON 105 and 110. Cognate requirements are excluded from this rule.
  4. Students may not double-count more than two common courses between any majors and minors in the Department of Economics and Employment Relations and the Department of Business Administration. Cognate requirements are excluded from this rule.
  5. Transfer students are expected to meet the same major requirements as non-transfer students. Fifteen hours of the major work must be completed at Potsdam.