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Sample Schedule: Economics, BA (124 Semester Hours)


FIRST-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

WSC 001 - Composition  

3

WSC 002 - Composition  

3

ECO 001 - Principles of Economics  or ECO 002 - Principles of Economics  

3

ECO 001 - Principles of Economics  or  ECO 002 - Principles of Economics   

3

Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Course  

3

Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Course  

3

Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Foreign Language Course

3

Foreign Language Course

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

 



SECOND-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

ECO 144   or ECO Elective Course

3

ECO 080  

3

MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I  

4

ECO 132  or ECO Elective Course

3

Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Courses  

3

ECO 184 - (BH) Empirical Methods in Economics  

3

Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) or History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Courses  ​

3

Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) Distribution Courses  

3

Foreign Language Course

3

Cross-Cultural (CC) Distribution Courses  

3

Total Semester Hours

16

Total Semester Hours

15


 

THIRD-YEAR 

Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.
Click here for more information on Study Abroad Options.

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

ECO 130 - Microeconomic Behavior and Institutions  

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

ECO 144 - History of Economic Thought  or ECO 132  or ECO Elective

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) Distribution Course  

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

 

 

ECO 132  or Elective Course

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

18


 

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

ECO Elective

3

ECO Elective

3

ECO Elective

3

ECO Elective

3

General Elective Course

3

General Elective Course

3

General Elective Course

3

General Elective Course

3

General Elective Course

3

General Elective Course

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15

Program Total 

124

Updated June 2023

Notes 

* You are not required to take Summer or January courses (for which there is no financial aid). You should be able to complete your degree of 124 credits within four years by taking classes only during the Fall and Spring Semesters.  

** While the BA requires that you complete level 3 of a foreign language, majors in economics should strongly consider studying that language beyond level 3.

*** Students are encouraged to consider a minor or double major, whether in another liberal arts field or a business area.

****The scheduling of the Study Abroad during third year is merely a suggestion.  A student could schedule a semester of Study Abroad during the Fall or Spring Semester in their second or third years, or a full academic year of Study Abroad during the third year, or a short-term program in the summer or during the January break.

Study Abroad Programs Suggestions by Department of Economics:

Amsterdam Exchange Programme – Social Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://studiegids.uva.nl/xmlpages/page/2017-2018-en/search-programme/programme/3056/203519

Business, Language + Culture, Shanghai, China

https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/programs/china/shanghai/business-language-culture

Arts + Sciences, Seoul, South Korea

https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/programs/south-korea/seoul/arts-sciences

Arts + Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa

https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/programs/south-africa/cape-town/arts-sciences

Business, Engineering, Arts + Sciences, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/programs/united-arab-emirates/sharjah/business-engineering-arts-sciences

Global Cities, Spring Semester in Buenos Aires, Argentina

https://www.capa.org/buenos-aires-argentina/buenos-aires-spring/global-cities-spring