Program Code: ECONBU
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Economics provides a background and educational base that opens a broad range of professional, educational, and vocational opportunities. A bachelor of arts degree program in economics provides a liberal arts education, as well as professional and technical training. Indeed, many students completing an undergraduate major in economics do not pursue careers as professional economists; they enter such fields as law, management, finance, public policy, and data analysis. By helping to develop a student’s ability to think and communicate, economics provides a firm foundation upon which the student can build any one of a large number of possible careers.
ECON 101 is intended for students who will take only one course in the field. ECON 101 will not count toward either economics major requirements or economics major/minor controlled elective requirements, and ECON 101 may not be taken after the successful completion of, or in concurrent registrations with, any other economics course.
Economics majors are encouraged to minor in one of the other business fields, social sciences, mathematics, or applied statistics.
(1) No courses fulfilling any Crimson Core requirements may count simultaneously either as Economics Major Required Courses or as Economics Major Controlled Electives; alternatively, no courses used to fulfill Economics Major Required Courses or Economics Major Controlled Electives may count simultaneously towards fulfilling any Crimson Core requirements. For example, if a student takes ECON 223, then a student must choose to count this EITHER as a Crimson Core Civic Readiness course or as an Economics Major Controlled Elective course.
(2) No courses used to fulfill the Economics Major Required Courses may count as Economics Major Controlled Electives.
(3) Up to six credits of ECON 493 Internship in Economics may count towards fulfilling Economics Major Controlled Elective credits, and up to an additional six credits may count towards Free Electives.
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