American University College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in Economics - International
Effective Fall 2013
 Major Requirements
 37 credit hours with grades of C or better
No more than 3 credit hours of independent reading and study courses, internships, and co-ops
may be used for the major. No more than 6 credit hours may be fulfilled by economics courses
taken from study abroad programs.
 Demonstration of intermediate level or higher competence in one modern foreign language
Language - __________________ Course ___________ Semester ________
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 with equivalency
in ECON.
International (12 credit hours)
_____  ECON 371 International Economics: Trade (3) (spring only) pre-req – ECON-300
_____  ECON 372 International Economics: Finance (3) (fall only) pre-req –ECON-301
_____  One of the following:
ECON 351 Comparative Economic Systems (3),
ECON 361 Economic Development (3),
ECON 362 Microeconomics of Economic Development (3)
ECON 363 Macroeconomics of Economic Development (3)
ECON 458 Economics of the World Regions (3) (topics),
ECON 552 Economics of Transition (3),
______  One of the following:
IBUS 300 Fundamentals of International Business (3),
SISU 320 Topics in Global Economy (3),
Economics Electives (6 credit hours)
(ECON-XXX) at the 300 level or above, excluding ECON 370 International Economics.
Only two can be taken from ECON-361, 362 and 363.
Course
Semester
Course
Semester
1. ECON- ______
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2. ECON- _____
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(8/13)