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Economics Major, Bachelor of Science (BS)

Grade Requirements: in order to graduate with a BS in Economics students must complete ECON 304 and ECON 305 with a minimum grade ≥C and the cumulative GPA for all courses completed towards the major must be ≥2.0.

Introductory Non-Economics Core9-10
BUSINESS STATISTICS 1
STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
FINITE MATHEMATICS
INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS
PRECALCULUS I
PRECALCULUS MATH II
CALCULUS I
CALCULUS I
Introductory Economics Core-choose two courses from the following list10
GENERAL EDUCATION ECONOMICS
INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS
INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS
Upper Level Economics Core15
INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY (minimum grade ≥C )
INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY (minimum grade ≥C )
ECONOMETRICS
Electives-choose five courses from the following list (minimum of three ECON courses)24-25
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS
SUSTAINABILITY ECONOMICS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION
LABOR ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS
MONEY AND BANKING
PUBLIC FINANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
HEALTH ECONOMICS
SPORTS ECONOMICS
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES
CALCULUS II
CALCULUS III
LINEAR ALGEBRA
Senior Capstone
ECON 490ECONOMICS SENIOR CAPSTONE5
Total Credits63-65

Plan of Study

The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.

Courses could be offered in different terms, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.

First Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
ECON 100, 200, or 201 (Social Science BACR 1)5ECON 100, 200, or 201 (Social Science BACR 2)5MATH 200, 121, 141, 142, 161, or HONS 1615
ENGL 1015ENGL 2015Humanities & Arts BACR 215
Humanities & Arts BACR 115DSCI 245, CSBS 320, or MATH 3804-5Natural Science BACR 115
 15 14-15 15
Second Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
ECON 3045ECON 3055ECON 3375
Diversity - graduation requirement15Global Studies - graduation requirement15Economics Elective25
Natural Science BACR 215Economic Elective25Economics Elective25
 15 15 15
Third Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
Economics Elective24-5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5
Economics Elective25Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5
Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5
 Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective1Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective1
 14-15 16 16
Fourth Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5ECON 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement)5
Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5
Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective5
 15 15 15
Total Credits 180-182
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University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate.  Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

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Electives-choose five courses from the approved list (minimum of three ECON courses).

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB

General Education Requirements (GER)
  • Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
    • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
    • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
  • Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences

University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List

Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Requirements in Degree Works are based on these two catalog years:

  1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
  2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a BS in Economics from EWU should be able to:​
  • employ supply/demand modeling to explain some economic event;
  • identify the appropriate economic concept to resolve a policy issue using data;
  • correctly interpret results for economic theory from quantitative calculations.