Economics and Psychology, BS (Oakland)

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Required Courses

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

Economics Electives

From the catalog

Complete four ECON courses from the following ranges with no more than two at the ECON 1200–1999 range. The course used to satisfy the integrative course requirement may not be used as an economics elective:

ECON 1200–ECON 1999

ECON 2990–ECON 3559

ECON 3561 - ECON 4689

ECON 4692 or ECON 4997 (Capstone may be taken as an elective.)

ECON 4900–ECON 4996

ECON 5200–ECON 5999

• From the catalog

  Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs.

• Choose 16 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

Required Courses (2)

• PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
• PSYC 3402 — Social Psychology
• PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
• PSYC 3466 — Cognition

Statistics

From the catalog

Complete the following. Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1 semester hour PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission):

• PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Required Lab

From the catalog

Complete one of the following. This requirement may not be fulfilled via transfer credit.

• One of:
  • PSYC 4600 — Laboratory in Research Design
  • PSYC 4604 — Laboratory in Learning and Motivation
  • PSYC 4606 — Laboratory in Biological Psychology
  • PSYC 4610 — Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
  • PSYC 4612 — Laboratory in Cognition
  • PSYC 4614 — Laboratory in Social Psychology
  • PSYC 4616 — Laboratory in Personality
  • PSYC 4622 — Laboratory in Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 4624 — Laboratory in Affective Science
  • PSYC 4628 — Laboratory in Developmental Psychology

Required Seminar

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • PSYC 4656 — Seminar in Biological Psychology
  • PSYC 4658 — Seminar in Psycholinguistics
  • PSYC 4660 — Seminar in Cognition
  • PSYC 4662 — Seminar in Personality
  • PSYC 4664 — Seminar in Social Psychology
  • PSYC 4666 — Seminar in Clinical Psychology
  • PSYC 4668 — Seminar in Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 4674 — Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYC 4676 — Seminar in Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 4682 — Seminar in Learning and Motivation

Psychology Electives

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete three PSYC courses not used to fulfill requirements above.

Integrative Course

• One of:
  • ECON 4681 — Information Economics and Game Theory
  • ECON 3416 — Behavioral Economics

Supporting Courses

• One of:
  • INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern
  • ECON 1000 — Economics at Northeastern
• One of:
  • EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
  • EESH 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
• One of:
  • ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
  • ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
• One of:
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  • ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
  • ENGW 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences

Calculus

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • One of:
    • 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

NUpath Not Fulfilled by Major

20 semester hours.

From the catalog

NUPath EI—Expression and Innovation

NUPath IC—Interpreting Culture

NUPath DD—Difference and Diversity

NUPath ER— Ethical Reasoning

NUPath WD—Advanced Writing in the Discipline

Open Electives

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete three open electives.

GPA requirements

• Grades in the following required 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:

• EESC 2000 ↔ EESH 2000 (tier B)
• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
• ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)
• ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3308 (tier C)
• 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-psychology-bs-oakland, and the official page is the authority.