History and Economics, BA (Boston)
Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source
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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.
History Colloquium
History Seminar and Historical Writing
Pre-1800 History Elective
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- HIST 1100 — Law and History
- HIST 1185 — Introduction to Middle Eastern History
- HIST 1218 — Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
- HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
- HIST 1272 — Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
- HIST 1389 — History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
- HIST 2330 — Colonial and Revolutionary America
- HIST 2370 — Renaissance to Enlightenment
- HIST 2375 — The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
- HIST 2390 — Africa and the World in Early Times
- HIST 3334 — Assassinations in World History
History Electives
8 semester hours.
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Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field.
Introductory-Level Elective
4 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete one history course from the 1000 level (excluding HIST 1200 and HIST 1201).
Intermediate/Advanced History Electives
8 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete two HIST courses numbered 2000 or above (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302).
Advanced History Elective
4 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete one HIST course numbered 3000 or above (excluding HIST 4701).
Introduction to College
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
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Complete two economics elective courses that are found in the following ranges, with no more than one in the ECON 1200 to ECON 1999 range. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs. Additionally, courses used to satisfy the integrative course requirement and ECON 3520 may not be used as economics electives:
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
- 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 4900–4996
- Any ECON course numbered 5200–5999
Supplemental Courses
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Computer Science
- MISM 2510 — Fundamentals of Information Analytics
From the catalog
Calculus
- One of:
Capstone Requirements
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Complete one of the following:
- One of:
Integrative Requirement
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Complete one of the following:
- One of:
GPA requirements
- Grades in the following four economics courses must average 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)
Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under history-and-economics-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.