Economics, B.A. International Economics Option - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	9
Upper Division Major Requirements	19
International Economics Option Requirements	17
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	75
Total Units	120

Lower Division Major Requirements - 9-10 units

Students must obtain a grade of C- or better in each of these courses to apply them to the Economics Major.

ECON 110 - Principles of Microeconomics Units: 3
ECON 111 - Principles Of Macroeconomics Units: 3

Select either:

MATH 140 - Calculus for Business Applications Units: 3
or
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4

Upper Division Major Requirements - 19 units

Students must obtain a grade of C- or better in each of these courses to apply them to the Economics Major.

ECON 310 - Intermediate Microeconomics Units: 3
ECON 311 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Units: 3
ECON 488 - Econometrics Units: 4
ECON 496 - Seminar In Economic Analysis Units: 3
ECON 499 - Capstone Units: 3

Select either:

MATH 329 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics Units: 3
or
MATH 352 - Probability and Statistics Units: 3

Option Requirements

Students must obtain a grade of C- or better in each of these courses to apply them to the Economics Major.

International Economics Option - 17 units

Select a minimum of two courses in the same foreign language or equivalent.

[for example, SPAN 101 and 102] ASL courses will not be accepted.

Note: This requirement represents one additional course beyond the CI foreign language requirement.

Foreign Language I Units: 4
Foreign Language II Units: 4

Select a minimum of two upper division courses in economics (or approved courses outside of economics) as follows:

ECON 470 - The World Economy Units: 3
ECON 471 - International Trade Units: 3
ECON 472 - International Macroeconomics Units: 3
ECON 473 - Development Economics Units: 3

Then, select one of the following:

ECON 420 - Experimental Economics Units: 3
ECON 444 - Values and Valuables (Cross-listed as ANTH 444) Units: 3
POLS 328 - United States Foreign Policy Units: 3

Note:

ECON 497 may not be taken to meet the requirements of the economics major.

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements - 75 units

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division) including all General Education (GE) and Graduation Requirements . The following areas must be included:

Additional lower division A-E GE requirements not met within major
Nine units of Upper Division Interdisciplinary GE (UDIGE) courses, numbered 330-349 or 430-449. Six units may be within major, three units must be outside major (C or better grades)
Multicultural Requirement (C or better grade)
Language Requirement (C or better grade)
American Institutions Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation