Economics, BA (Boston)

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BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

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

Capstone

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

Electives

From the catalog

Complete 5 courses that are found in the following ranges, with no more than one in the ECON 1200 to ECON 1999 range:

ECON 1200 to ECON 1999

ECON 2990 to ECON 3559

ECON 3561 to ECON 4689

ECON 4900 to ECON 4996

ECON 5200 to ECON 5999

Required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives.

• From the catalog

  Required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives.

• Choose 20 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

Calculus

• 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

Computer Science

• MISM 2510 — Fundamentals of Information Analytics

GPA requirements

• Grades in the following four 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-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.