Recommended Pathways
Recommended Pathways for Completing an Economics Major
Freshman
Freshman with no Economic Course Credit (8 semesters)
Freshman Fall
- ECON 101 – Principles of Microeconomics
- MATH 108 – Calculus (or Freshman Spring Semester)
Freshman Spring
- ECON 102 – Principles of Macroeconomics
Sophomore Fall
- ECON 303 – Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 307 – Economic Statistics* or 300-level Economics Elective (or Sophomore Spring Semester)
Sophomore Spring
- ECON 304 – Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Junior Fall
- ECON 308 – Econometrics
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
Junior Spring
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
Senior Fall
- 300- or 400-level Economic Elective
- COLL400 in Economics or 400-level Economics Elective
Senior Spring
- COLL400 in Economics or 400-level Economics Elective
*If student has already taken MATH106 or some other qualifying statistics course and does not need or want to take an additional statistics course before taking ECON308, they may substitute another 300 or 400 level Economics elective for ECON307.
Freshman with AP/IB Credit for ECON 101/102 (8 semesters)
Freshman Fall
- ECON 303 – Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- MATH 108 – Calculus (or Freshman Spring Semester)
Freshman Spring
- ECON 304 – Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
- ECON 307 – Economic Statistics*
Sophomore Fall
- ECON 308 – Econometrics
- 300 - level Economics Elective
Sophomore Spring
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
Junior Fall
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
Junior Spring
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
Senior Fall
- COLL400 in Economics or 400-level Economics Elective
Senior Spring
- COLL400 in Economics or 400-level Economics Elective
*If student has already taken MATH106 or some other qualifying statistics course and does not need or want to take an additional statistics course before taking ECON308, they may substitute another 300 or 400 level Economics elective for ECON307.
Freshman with AP/IB Credit for ECON 101/102 who plans to graduate in 3 years (6 semesters)
Freshman Fall
- ECON 303 – Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- MATH 108 – Calculus (or Freshman Spring Semester)
Freshman Spring
- ECON 304 – Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
- ECON 307 – Economic Statistics*
Sophomore Fall
- ECON 308 – Econometrics
- 300 - level Economics Elective
Sophomore Spring
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
Final Fall
- COLL400 in Economics or 400-level Economics Elective
- 300- or 400-level Economics Elective
Final Spring
- COLL400 in Economics or 400-level Economics Elective
*If student has already taken MATH106 or some other qualifying statistics course and does not need or want to take an additional statistics course before taking ECON308, they may substitute another 300 or 400 level Economics elective for ECON307.
Transfer Students
For Transfer Students with transfer credit for ECON101/102 who plans to graduate in 2 years (4 semesters)
1st year Fall
- ECON 303 – Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- 300-level Economics Elective
- MATH 108 – Calculus (or Freshman Spring Semester)
1st year Spring
- ECON 303 – Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
- 300-level Economics Elective
- ECON 307 – Economic Statistics*
2nd year Fall
- ECON 308 – Econometrics
- 300- or 400- level Economics Elective
- 400- level Economics Elective
2nd year Spring
- 400-level Economics Elective
- COLL400 in Economics or 400-level Economics Elective
*If student has already taken MATH106 or some other qualifying statistics course and does not need or want to take an additional statistics course before taking ECON308, they may substitute another 300 or 400 level Economics elective for ECON307.
For Transfer Students with no Economic Course Credit who plans to graduate in 2 years (Note: requires 4 semesters plus one summer, cannot be accomplished without summer session due to prerequisite requirements.)
1st year Fall
- ECON 101 – Principles of Microeconomics
- MATH 108 – Calculus (or Freshman Spring Semester)
1st year Spring
- ECON 102 – Principles of Macroeconomics
Summer between 1st and 2nd years
- ECON 303 – Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
- 300-level Economics Elective
2nd year Fall
- ECON 304 – Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 307 – Economic Statistics* or 300-level Economics Elective
- 300-level Economics Elective
- 300-level Economics Elective
2nd year Spring
- ECON 308 – Econometrics
- 400-level Economics Elective
- 400-level Economics Elective
- COLL400 in Economics or 400-level Economics Elective
*If student has already taken MATH106 or some other qualifying statistics course and does not need or want to take an additional statistics course before taking ECON308, they may substitute another 300 or 400 level Economics elective for ECON307.
