Program Learning Objectives
1. Students will be able to recall and interpret intermediate microeconomic theory;
2. Students will be able to recall and interpret intermediate macroeconomic theory;
3. Students will be able to recall and interpret international economic theory;
4. Students will be able to recall and interpret the fundamental tools of quantitative analysis.
5. Students will be able to apply economic theory to analyze important business, economic or social issues;
6. Students will be able to apply algebraic, graphical or statistical methods to analyze important business, economic or social issues;
7. Students will be able to employ economic research methodology to analyze important business, economic or social issues;
8. Students will be able to employ technical writing skills to analyze important business, economic or social issues.
9. Whenever relevant and appropriate, students will be able to identify and examine diverse perspectives when explaining and comparing solutions to important business, economic or social problems;
10. Whenever relevant and appropriate, students will be able to identify and examine the ethical implications of proposed solutions to important business, economic or social problems.
Degree Requirements and Curriculum
In addition to the program requirements on this page, students must also satisfy requirements outlined in more detail in the Minimum Requirements for Graduation section of this catalog, including:
- 60 units of upper-division courses
- Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR)
- 2.0 GPA
- U.S. Cultural Pluralism (USCP)
| MAJOR COURSES | ||
| ECON 221 | Microeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 222 | Macroeconomics (D2) 1 | 4 |
| ECON 311 & ECON 312 | Intermediate Microeconomics I and Intermediate Microeconomics II | 8 |
| ECON 313 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 339 | Econometrics | 4 |
| ECON 460 | Research Methodology in Applied Economics | 4 |
| Select from the following: | 4 | |
| Senior Project I and Senior Project II | ||
| Applied Senior Project | ||
| ECON electives (300-400 level) | 4 | |
| ECON electives (400 level) | 16 | |
| General Curriculum in Economics or Concentration 2 | 24-28 | |
| SUPPORT COURSES | ||
| BUS 207 | Legal Responsibilities of Business | 4 |
| BUS 214 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS 215 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| MATH 141 | Calculus I (B4) 1,3 | 4 |
| STAT 301 & STAT 302 | Statistics I and Statistics II | 8 |
| Select from the following: | 4-8 | |
| Information Systems and Business Application Development | ||
| Fundamentals of Computer Science | ||
| Programming for Economics and Analytics | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION (GE) | ||
| (See GE program requirements below.) | 64 | |
| FREE ELECTIVES | ||
| Free Electives | 4-12 | |
| Total units | 180 | |
| 1 | Required in Major or Support; also satisfies General Education (GE) requirement. |
| 2 | Economics majors may choose a concentration. Students who choose not to declare a concentration follow the General Curriculum in Economics: Complete at least 8 units of upper-division (300-400 level) ECON courses plus 20 units of any upper-division courses. |
| 3 | Students pursuing the Quantitative Analysis concentration should take MATH 141 and MATH 142, instead of just MATH 141. |
General Curriculum in Economics, or Concentration
Students who choose to follow the General Curriculum in Economics must complete at least 8 units of upper-division (300-400 level) ECON courses plus 20 units of any upper-division courses.
Alternatively, students select from the following concentrations:
- Accounting
- Consumer Packaging
- Entrepreneurship
- Financial Management
- Information Systems
- Management and Human Resources
- Marketing Management
- Quantitative Analysis
- Real Estate Finance
General Education (GE) Requirements
- 72 units required, 8 of which are specified in Major and/or Support.
- If any of the remaining 64 units is used to satisfy a Major or Support requirement, additional units of Free Electives may be needed to complete the total units required for the degree.
- See the complete GE course listing.
- A grade of C- or better is required in one course in each of the following GE Areas: A1 (Oral Communication), A2 (Written Communication), A3 (Critical Thinking), and B4 (Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning).
| Area A | English Language Communication and Critical Thinking | |
| A1 | Oral Communication | 4 |
| A2 | Written Communication | 4 |
| A3 | Critical Thinking | 4 |
| Area B | Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning | |
| B1 | Physical Science | 4 |
| B2 | Life Science | 4 |
| B3 | One lab taken with either a B1 or B2 course | |
| B4 | Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (4 units in Support) 1 | 0 |
| Upper-Division B | 4 | |
| Area C | Arts and Humanities | |
| Lower-division courses in Area C must come from three different subject prefixes. | ||
| C1 | Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater | 4 |
| C2 | Humanities: Literature, Philosophy, Languages other than English | 4 |
| Lower-Division C Elective - Select a course from either C1 or C2 | 4 | |
| Upper-Division C | 4 | |
| Area D | Social Sciences - Select courses in Area D from at least two different prefixes | |
| D1 | American Institutions (Title 5, Section 40404 Requirement) | 4 |
| D2 | Lower-Division D (4 units in Major) 1 | 0 |
| Upper-Division D | 4 | |
| Area E | Lifelong Learning and Self-Development | |
| Lower-Division E | 4 | |
| Area F | Ethnic Studies | |
| Lower-Division F | 4 | |
| GE Electives in Areas B, C, and D | ||
| Select courses from two different areas; may be lower-division or upper-division courses. | ||
| GE Electives | 8 | |
| Total units | 64 | |
| 1 | Required in Major or Support; also satisfies General Education (GE) requirement. |
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