¹Students who place out of ECON 0110 on the basis of qualifying scores on the AP, IB, or A-level exams must take an additional 1000-level course (6 instead of 5).

²Students can satisfy the mathematics requirement with qualifying scores on the AP, IB, or A-level exams (but not the math department's self placement exam). Note that certain advanced economics courses may impose additional math prerequisites.

Economics Electives Note: Students may apply, at most, one Economics course whose number is in the range of 1000 to 1099 toward the concentration. Note that ECON 1960 (thesis course) and ECON 1970 (independent research), do not count toward the concentration.

*A capstone project is a requirement in the Economics Public Policy track and the CS Economics concentrations. Students in other tracks and joint concentrations are not required to complete a thesis or capstone project but we strongly recommend doing so. Please note Honors Theses are written across two semesters.

There are multiple fields or areas of study within Economics. These include: macroeconomics, microeconomic theory, applied microeconomics, econometrics, development and finance/investment. You may choose to focus on 1 or 2 particular areas or take a more “generalist” approach and take courses across all areas.

We strongly encourage students to take at least one upper-level seminar. We also particularly urge students to consider taking at least one course from those that use data and empirical methods of analysis intensively (the “data methods” group), and at least one course that makes more use of mathematical techniques (the “mathematical economics” group). This suggestion, a recommendation for all students, is a requirement for those students wishing to graduate with honors. 

View a list of target learning outcomes for the concentration. You might find this curriculum map to be useful in helping you see how your course choices relate to those learning goals. Finally, here is a prerequisite tree, to help you order your coursework.