Economics Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Grade Requirements: in order to graduate with a BA 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 Core | ||
| DSCI 245 | BUSINESS STATISTICS 1 | 4-5 |
| or CSBS 320 | STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES | |
| or MATH 380 | ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS | |
| MATH 114 | ALGEBRA CONCEPTS | 5 |
| or MATH 200 | FINITE MATHEMATICS | |
| Introductory Economics Core–choose two courses from the following list | 10 | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION ECONOMICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | ||
| Upper Level Economics Core | 10 | |
| INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY (minimum grade ≥C) | ||
| INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY (minimum grade ≥C) | ||
| Electives–choose six courses from the following list | 29-30 | |
| ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS | ||
| SUSTAINABILITY ECONOMICS | ||
| POLITICAL ECONOMY | ||
| ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| LABOR ECONOMICS | ||
| ECONOMETRICS | ||
| 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 | ||
| Senior Capstone | ||
| ECON 490 | ECONOMICS SENIOR CAPSTONE | 5 |
| Total Credits | 63-65 | |
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
Foreign 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.
Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.
- 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).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who successfully earn a BA in Economics from EWU should be able to do the following:
- understand and apply the Cost/Benefit Principle to a current socio-economic issue;
- understand the use of fiscal and monetary policies in addressing contemporary macroeconomic issues;
- use quantitative skills to analyze economic data;
- use supply and demand modeling to predict and/or explain some economic event.