Requirements for Bachelor of Arts in Economics (120 Units)

(Pending approval from the Chancellor’s Office)
Lower Division Required 9-10
Upper Division Required 15-16
Required Emphasis 15-20
General Education 48
Title V 6
Free Electives 21-27
Total 120
Lower Division Requirements (9-10 units):
ECON 110 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 111 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
MATH 140 Calculus for Business Applications (3)
or
MATH 150 Calculus I (4)
Upper Division Requirements (15-16 units):
ECON 310 Intermediate Microeconomics (3)
ECON 311 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
MATH 329 Statistics for Business and Economics (3)
or
MATH 352 Probability and Statistics (3)1
ECON 486 Introduction to Econometrics (3)
or
ECON 488 Applied Managerial Econometrics (4)
ECON 499 Capstone (3)
REQUIRED EMPHASIS (15-20 UNITS):
Economics majors are required to complete one of the following five emphases:

1. General Economics Emphasis (15 units: 3 lower division and 12 upper division)
Lower Division:
ACCT 210 Financial Accounting (3)
Upper Division:
A minimum of 4 upper division courses in economics (or approved courses outside of economics) as
follows:
At least two courses must be taken from crossdisciplinary courses offered by economics (ECON 330-349 and 430-449).
A minimum of three economics courses at the 400 level are required.
ECON 300, 492, and 497 may not be taken to meet the requirements of the economics major.

2. Environmental Resource Economics Emphasis (15 units: 3 lower division and 12 upper division)
Lower Division:
ESRM 100 Introduction to Environmental Science and Resource Management (3)
Upper Division:
A minimum of 4 upper division courses in economics (or approved courses outside of economics) as
follows:
ECON 362 Environmental Economics (3)
ECON 464 Natural Resource Economics (3)
ESRM 329 Environmental Law and Policy (3)
One course may be taken from the following list of approved courses outside of economics in meeting this
requirement:
ESRM 410 Environmental Impact Assessment (3)
ESRM 462 Coastal and Marine Management (3)
ESRM 463 Water Resources Management (3)
ESRM 464 Land Use Planning and Agricultural Management (3)
ESRM 482 Issues in Environmental Planning and Resource Management (3)
ESRM 483 Issues in Global Resource Management (3)
A minimum of three economics courses at the 400 level are required.
ECON 300, 492, and 497 may not be taken to meet the requirements of the economics major.

3. International Economics Emphasis (20 units: 8 lower division and 12 upper division units)
Lower Division:
A minimum of 2 courses in a foreign language or equivalent (for example, SPAN 101 (4) and 102 (4)).
Note: This requirement represents one additional course beyond the CSUCI foreign language requirement.
Upper Division:
A minimum of 4 upper division courses in economics (or approved courses outside of economics) as
follows:
Three courses from the following:
ECON 370 The World Economy (3)
ECON 471 International Trade (3)
ECON 472 International Macroeconomics (3)
ECON 473 Economic Development (3)
ESRM 483 Issues in Global Resource Management (3)
MGT 310 Management of International Business (3)
A minimum of three economics courses at the 400 level are required.

ECON 300, 492, and 497 may not be taken to meet the requirements of the economics major.

4. Managerial Economics Emphasis (15 units: 3 lower division and 12 upper division)
Lower Division:
ACCT 210 Financial Accounting (3)
Upper Division:
A minimum of 4 upper division courses in economics (or approved courses outside of economics) as
follows:
Either
ECON 320 Money and Banking (3)
or
ECON 329 Managerial Economics (3)
FIN 300 Business Finance (3)
At least one courses must be taken from crossdisciplinary courses offered by economics (ECON 330-349 and 430-449).
A minimum of three economics courses at the 400 level are required.
ECON 300, 492, and 497 may not be taken to meet the requirements of the economics major.
Note: Students selecting this emphasis must take either ECON 320 or 329, but may not take both courses for credit in the major.

5. Quantitative Economics Emphasis (19 units: 10 lower division and 9 upper division)
Lower Division:
MATH 151 Calculus II (4)
MATH 250 Calculus III (3)
MATH 240 Linear Algebra (3)
Upper Division:
A minimum of 3 upper division courses in economics (or approved courses outside of economics) as
follows:
At least two courses must be taken from crossdisciplinary courses offered by economics (ECON 330-349 and 430-449).
One course may be taken from the following list of approved courses outside of economics in meeting this requirement:
BUS 320 Business Operations (3)
MATH 429 Operations Research (3)
A minimum of three economics courses at the 400 level are required.
ECON 300, 492, and 497 may not be taken to meet the requirements of the economics major.

Note: To meet the calculus and statistics requirement, students selecting this emphasis must take MATH 150 and MATH 352.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING AND OTHER GE COURSES (75-81 units)
General Education (48)
Title V (6)
Free Electives (21-27)