Economics and Philosophy, BS (Boston)

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

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Introduction to College

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ECON 1000 — Economics at Northeastern
  • PHIL 1000 — Philosophy at Northeastern

Supporting Courses

• 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

Required Economics Courses

• 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
• ECON 3520 — History of Economic Thought

Economics Electives

From the catalog

Complete two ECON elective courses from the following ranges with no more than one in the ECON 1200 to 1999 range. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core ECON courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs. Additionally, ECON 3520 may not be used as an ECON elective:

ECON 1200 to ECON 1999

ECON 2990 to ECON 3559

ECON 3561 to ECON 4689

ECON 4900 to ECON 4999

ECON 5200 to ECON 5999

• Choose 8 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 4900–4999
  • Any ECON course numbered 5200–5999

Philosophy Required Courses

• PHIL 1115 — Introduction to Logic
• PHIL 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
• PHIL 2330 — Modern Philosophy

Advanced Philosophy Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete one PHIL course with a designation of 3000 or above not used to satisfy another requirement.

Critical Philosophy Elective

From the catalog

Complete one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement:

• One of:
  • AFCS 1101 — Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
  • PHIL 1104 — Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
  • PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • PHIL 2155 — Human Rights
  • PHIL 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
  • PHIL 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
  • PHIL 3492 — Indigenous Philosophy
  • PHIL 3500 — Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
  • PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics
  • PHIL 3822 — Philosophy of Race and Racism

Additional Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete two additional electives in philosophy or religion. At least one must be numbered 2000 or above.

Capstone

• One of:
  • PHIL 4550 — Philosophy of Economics
  • PHIL 5001 — Global Justice
  • PHIL 5002 — Ethics and Public Policy

• From the catalog

  Complete one additional integrative course not used to satisfy other requirements:

• One of:
  • PHIL 2001 — Ethics and Evolutionary Games
  • PHIL 3435 — Moral Philosophy
  • PHIL 4500 — Theory of Knowledge
  • PHIL 4510 — Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 5001 — Global Justice
  • PHIL 5002 — Ethics and Public Policy

GPA requirements

• Grades in the following 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-philosophy-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.