College of Business & Economics
Completion of individual majors in political science and economics requires the successful completion of 75-76 units (39 units in political science and 36-37 units in economics). However, by electing the combined major in political science and economics, students will be able to complete both majors with a total of 60-61 units.
These requirements are for the catalog year 2012-13. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to view requirements. In economics, students must complete all requirements for the major.
| Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ECON 201 or ECON 203 | Microeconomic Principles (3) or Honors Microeconomic Principles (3) |
| ECON 202 or ECON 204 | Macroeconomic Principles (3) or Honors Macroeconomic Principles (3) |
| ECON 205 or GEOG 375 | Statistics for Business and Economics I (3) or Quantitative Methods in Geography (3) |
| ECON 306 | Statistics for Business and Economics II (3) |
| ECON 309 | Intermediate Price Theory (3) |
| ECON 310 | Macroeconomic Theory (3) |
| MATH 211 or MATH 273 | Calculus for Applications (3) or Calculus I (4) |
| One 400-level economics course (3 units) (excluding ECON 495 Independent Study and ECON 479 Internship) | |
| And | |
| Four upper-level ECON electives. (12 units) | |
Students may substitute two of the following upper-level courses in political science toward the fulfillment of two of the required four courses of upper-level economics electives:
| Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|
| POSC 305 | Urban Government and Politics (3) |
| POSC 375 | Public Administration (3) |
| POSC 421 | Politics and Environmental Policy (3) |
| POSC 459 | Simulation and Games in Political Science (3) |
| POSC 470-479 | Special Topics (3) (Requires approval from the Department of Economics depending on course topic.) |
| POSC 481 | Seminar in American Government and Public Administration (3) |
In Political Science, students must complete all requirements for the major. However, they may substitute two of the following upper-level courses in economics toward fulfillment of the required eight upper-level courses in political science:
| Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ECON 322 | Comparative Economic Systems (3) |
| ECON 326 | Economic Development (3) |
| ECON 331 | Government and Economic Life (3) |
| ECON 337 | Public Finance (3) |
| ECON 339 | Health Economics (3) |
| ECON 351 | Urban Economics (3) |
| ECON 375 | Environmental Economics (3) |
| ECON 421 | International Economics (3) |
| ECON 423 | International Monetary Theory and Policy (3) |
| ECON 470-479 | Topics in Economics (3) (Requires approval from the Department of Political Science depending on course topic.) |
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