Economics, BS (Boston)

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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

Senior Seminar

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

Electives

From the catalog

Complete seven courses found in the following ranges, with no more than two at the 1000 level:

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

• From the catalog

  Required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives.

• Choose 28 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 4 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-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.