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Curriculum Requirements


THE ECONOMICS MAJOR

 

The Major in Economics offers students a basic and broad knowledge of macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics, and Catholic social teaching. It also introduces students to a number of specialized areas within economics. The major thus comprises ten courses: Econ 201, 202, 301,302, 303, 315 and four electives, at least one of which must be a Seminar Course.

For more information about these courses, please click on the Course Catalog link below.

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COURSE CATALOGUE

Economics


REQUIRED MAJOR COURSES:

ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 302 Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 303 Statistics for the Social Sciences
ECON 315 Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Life


ELECTIVE MAJOR COURSES (4 required, at least one of which must be a Seminar) :

ECON 310 History of Economic Thought
ECON 316 Market, State, and Institutions
ECON 320 The Economics and Ethics of Development
ECON 321 International Economics
ECON 332 Strategic Thinking and Game Theory
ECON 342 Banking, Money and Finance
ECON 403 Introduction to Econometrics
ECON 415 Special Topics in Economics
ECON 421 Seminar: International Monetary Economics
ECON 430 Labor Economics and the Economics of Poverty
ECON 433 Seminar: Industrial Organization and Public Policy
ECON 442 Seminar: Forecasting Macroeconomic Fluctuations

 

the concentration in business economics

 

The courses in the Concentration in Business Economics focus on the economic environment in which businesses operate. To qualify for this Concentration, students must take at least three of the following courses, which count as well as electives for the major in Economics: ECON 321, 332, 342, 421, 433, 442. ECON 415 may count for the Concentration at the discretion of the department chair.


COURSES FOR CONCENTRATION IN BUSINESS ECONOMICS
(3 required, which count as electives for the Major) :

ECON 321 International Economics
ECON 332 Strategic Thinking and Game Theory
ECON 342 Banking, Money and Finance
ECON 421 Seminar: International Monetary Economics
ECON 242 Seminar: Industrial Organization and Public Policy
ECON 442 Seminar: Forecasting Macroeconomic Fluctuations

 

the economics minor

 A minor in economics can be easily combined with any other major in the University and it provides an excellent foundation for careful and ethical thinking about social and business problems. The Minor in Economics consists in six courses. The required courses are ECON 201, ECON 202, and ECON 315. For the three electives, students can choose any other three economics courses.