Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Economics with a Concentration in Quantitative Economics

Economics with a Concentration in Quantitative Economics

(Requirements for the Economics major with a concentration in quantitative economics are listed below. Follow this link for the Economics Minor requirements.)

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements 

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Division Requirements:

History and Social Sciences 

Students are required to fulfill the division requirements for their major.

Total divisional units: 4

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 14-15, depending on mathematics proficiency

Eight Units of Economics:

Four units of core economics courses:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
ECON 201 - Introduction to Economic Analysis
ECON 304 - Intermediate Macroeconomics

Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 

ECON 312 - Theory and Practice of Econometrics

Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 and MATH 141 or similar introduction to statistics

ECON 313 - Microeconomic Theory

Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 and MATH 111 

Four additional units in economics:

A minimum of three from ECON 315-ECON 469 (excluding ECON 402)
One additional unit

⇒ECON 201 or below will not apply

Mathematics Proficiency, Demonstrated by One of the Following:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
MATH 111 - Calculus

Prerequisite(s): Three years of high school mathematics

OR

• Departmental waiver of one unit in cases where the student has demonstrated proficiency

Four Units of Mathematics:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
MATH 112 - Introduction to Analysis

Prerequisite(s): MATH 111 or equivalent

MATH 141 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Prerequisite(s): Three years of high school mathematics

MATH 201 - Linear Algebra

Prerequisite(s): MATH 112 

MATH 202 - Vector Calculus

Prerequisite(s): MATH 112 and MATH 201 

Junior Year Requirement:

  • Junior qualifying examination

Students should take the junior qualifying examination the semester before starting their thesis.

Exam prerequisites:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
ECON 304 - Intermediate Macroeconomics

Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 

ECON 313 - Microeconomic Theory

Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 and MATH 111 

Two units of Thesis

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
ECON 470 - Thesis
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