Economics, B.A. - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	9-10
Upper Division Major Requirements	19
Upper Division Major Elective Requirements	12-14
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	77-80
Total Units	120

Lower Division Major Requirements - 9-10 units

Student 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
Complete one from the following:
MATH 140 - Calculus for Business Applications Units: 3
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4

Upper Division Major Requirements - 19 units

Student 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
Complete one from the following:
MATH 329 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics Units: 3
MATH 352 - Probability and Statistics Units: 3

Upper Division Major Elective Requirements - 12-14 units

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

Complete a minimum of four upper division courses as follows:

Note: ECON 497 must be taken for 3 units in order to be applied to the major.

A minimum of two courses must be taken from Upper Division General Education (UDGE) courses

Any UDGE course Units: 3-4

A minimum of two economics courses at the 400 level

ECON 400 level course Units: 3

Economics Options

In lieu of the Upper Division Major Electives above, students may elect to complete one of the following Options:

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements

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

Additional lower division GE Area A-E requirements not met within the major
American Institutions Requirement
Language Requirement (C- or better grade)
Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Mission Pillar Requirement
Nine units of Upper Division General Education (UDGE) courses, one each in Areas UDGE-B, UDGE-C, and UDGE-D
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation