American University College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Economics
(effective for students entering Fall 2013)
Major Requirements: 48 credit hours with grades of C or better
No more than a total of 6 credit hours may be used for the major from Washington Economic
Policy Semester courses, or economics courses from study abroad programs. No more than 3
credit hours of independent reading and study courses and internships may be used for the major.
___________  ECON 100 Macroeconomics (3)
___________  ECON 200 Microeconomics (3)
___________  ECON 400 Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus (3)
[ECON-300 allowed for students entering AU before Fall 2013]
___________  ECON 401 Intermediate Macroeconomics with Calculus (3)
[ECON-301 allowed for students entering AU before Fall 2013]
___________  ECON 322 Introduction to Econometrics (4)
___________  One of the following: ECON 480 Research Seminar in Economics
ECON-491 Internship, ECON-492 Internship in Teaching Economics, or approved study abroad
course with equivalency in ECON.
___________  MATH 221 Calculus I (4) or MATH 211 Applied Calculus I (4)
___________  STAT 202 Basic Statistics (4) or STAT-203 Statistics with Calculus (4)
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ECON 505 Introduction to Mathematical Economics (3)
___________ One of the following: ACCT 240 Principles of Accounting (3),
CSC 280 Introduction to Computer Science I (4) or MATH 222 Calculus II (4) or MATH 223
Calculus III or MATH-310 Linear Algebra
 15 credit hours of additional economics courses (ECON-xxx) at the 300 level or above,
excluding ECON 370 International Economics. No more than two courses may be used from
ECON 361 Economic Development, ECON 362 Microeconomics of Economic Development,
and ECON 363 Macroeconomics of Economic Development
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