American University College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in Economics - General
(Effective for Fall 2013)
Major Requirements
• 37 credit hours with grades of C or better
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 such as SISU-320 or IBUS-300.
(SISU-300 is similar to ECON-370 and cannot be used towards this degree.)
No more than a total of 6 credit hours may be used for the major from the Washington Economic
Policy Semester courses or courses from study abroad programs. No more than 3 credit hours of
independent reading and study courses, or internships may be used for the major.
Core Requirements (19 credit hours)
semester
_____ ECON 100/ECON 100G Macroeconomics 4:1 (3)
_____ ECON 200/ECON 200G Microeconomics 4:2 (3)
_____ ECON 300 Intermediate Microeconomics (3) or ECON 400 Intermediate
Microeconomics with calculus (3)
_____ ECON 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3) or ECON 401 Intermediate
Macroeconomics with calculus (3)
_____ STAT 202 Basic Statistics or STAT-203 Basic Stat w/ calc (4)
_____ One of the following:
ECON-480 or ECON-491 or ECON-492 or approved SABD course in programs with
equivalency in ECON
General (18 credit hours)
• 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, ECON 371, and ECON 372.
Also only two from ECON-361, 362 and 363.
Course
1. ECON-______
Semester
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2. ECON- ______
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3. ECON- ______
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4. ECON- ______
(8/13)
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Course
5. ECON- _____
Semester
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6. ECON- _____
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