Economics and Human Services, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source

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Overview and Co-op Courses

• One of:
  • ECON 1000 — Economics at Northeastern
  • HUSV 1000 — Human Services at Northeastern
• EESH 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Economic Requirements

• ECON 1115 — Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 1116 — Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 2315 — Macroeconomic Theory
• ECON 2316 — Microeconomic Theory
• ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists
• ECON 2560 — Applied Econometrics

Economics Elective Courses

From the catalog

Complete three economics elective courses found in the following ranges, with no more than one at the 1000 level. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs:

ECON 1200–ECON 1999

ECON 2990 – ECON 3559

ECON 3561 - ECON 4689

ECON 4900–ECON 4996

ECON 5200–ECON 5999

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • Any ECON course numbered 1200–1999
  • Any ECON course numbered 2990–3559
  • Any ECON course numbered 3561–4689
  • Any ECON course numbered 4900–4996
  • Any ECON course numbered 5200–5999

Human Services Overview

• HUSV 1101 — Social Change and Human Services
• HUSV 2300 — Counseling in Human Services
• One of:
  • HUSV 2970 — Research Methods for Human Services
  • INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• HUSV 3570 — The Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy, and Social Change
• HUSV 3900 — Social Policy
• HUSV 4994 — Human Services Internship

Human Services and Diverse Populations

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • HUSV 2355 — Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment
  • HUSV 2800 — Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression
  • HUSV 2960 — Intercultural Studies through Human Services

Human Services Elective Courses

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete three additional HUSV courses.

Calculus

From the catalog

Complete one of the following. It is highly recommended that students who take MATH 1231 take sections devoted to ECON students only:

• One of:
  • MATH 1231 — Calculus for Business and Economics
  • MATH 1241 — Calculus 1
  • MATH 1245 — Calculus with Applications
  • MATH 1340 — Intensive Calculus for Engineers
  • MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Digital Skills

• MISM 2510 — Fundamentals of Information Analytics

Economics Capstone Option

From the catalog

Complete one additional HUSV elective.

• One of:
  • ECON 4692 — Senior Economics Seminar
  • ECON 4997 — Senior Economics Thesis

Human Services Capstone Option

From the catalog

Complete one additional ECON elective at the 3000 level or above.

• HUSV 4700 — Senior Seminar in Human Services

Integrative Course

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ECON 3410 — Labor Economics
  • ECON 3413 — Health Economics and Healthcare Policy
  • ECON 3416 — Behavioral Economics

Economics Major Grade Requirement

• One of:
  • ECON 2315 — Macroeconomic Theory
  • ECON 2316 — Microeconomic Theory
  • ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists
  • ECON 2560 — Applied Econometrics

GPA requirements

• Grades in the following four economics courses must average to a minimum of C (2.000):

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• MATH 1231 ↔ MATH 1241 (tier C)
• MATH 1241 ↔ MATH 1251 (tier C)
• MATH 1241 ↔ MATH 1341 (tier C)
• MATH 1241 ↔ MATH 1245 (tier C)
• MATH 1241 ↔ MATH 1340 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under economics-and-human-services-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.