Economics, B.S.

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Offered by: College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, Economics Department

Required Core Courses for Major
Elective Core Courses
Required Support Courses

Unrestricted Electives
General Education Requirements

Required Core Courses for Major: 17 units

Required of all students. A 2.0 cumulative GPA is required in core courses, including subplan courses, in order to receive a degree in the major.

Note(s):

* If course(s) is taken to satisfy G.E. requirements, then student will need to complete additional approved units for core.

Elective Core Courses: 68 units

The student should follow either Emphasis A or Emphasis B below.

Emphasis A Core Classes

EC 401 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (4)
EC 402 - Distribution of Income and Factor Pricing (4)
EC 403 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (4)
EC 407 - History of Economic Thought (4)
EC 408 - Money and Banking (4)
EC 462 - Senior Seminar (4)
EC 463 - Senior Seminar (4)
Advanced Economics (400 level) (40) or
Advanced Economics (36) and
Advanced Math (Calculus and above) (4)

Emphasis B Core Classes

Note(s):

*If course(s) is taken to satisfy G.E. requirements, then student will need to complete additional approved units for core.

Required Support Courses: 12 units

The following major support courses should be used to satisfy the indicated GE requirements. If these courses are not used to satisfy GE, the total units to degree may be more than 180 units.

Unrestricted Electives: 15-23 units

Select a sufficient number of courses so that the total from “Required Support”, “GE”, and “Unrestricted Electives” is at least 95 units.

General Education Requirements: 68 units

Students should consult the catalog website www.csupomona.edu/~academic/catalog/ for current information regarding this requirement. Unless specific courses are stated under Support Courses, see the list of approved courses under General Education Requirements, Areas A through E.

Area A. Communication and Critical Thinking (12 units)

Oral Communication
Written Communication
Critical Thinking

Area B. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (16 units)

Physical Science
Biological Science
Laboratory Activity
Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
Science and Technology Synthesis

Area C. Humanities (16 units)

Visual and Performing Arts
Philosophy and Civilization
Literature and Foreign Languages
Humanities Synthesis

Area D. Social Sciences (20 units)

U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals
History, Economics, and Political Science
Sociology, Anthropology, Ethnic and Gender Studies
Social Science Synthesis

Area E. Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development (4 units)