Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2026-27 Catalog Program: Economics with a Concentration in Quantitative Economics

Economics with a Concentration in Quantitative Economics

Department Page: Economics 

Program Learning Outcomes: Economics 

This major may not be paired with the Economics Minor. This major may be paired with the Mathematics minor provided 3 or more units required for the major concentration do not overlap.

 

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 (2025-26) 

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 STAT 141 (previously 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 & Statistics:

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

Prerequisite(s): MATH 111 or equivalent

MATH 201 - Linear Algebra

Prerequisite(s): MATH 112 

MATH 202 - Vector Calculus

Prerequisite(s): MATH 112 and MATH 201 

STAT 141 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Prerequisite(s): Three years of high school mathematics

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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