Economics, Minor
Eligibility
Students are eligible to apply for a minor upon completion of two courses for the minor wherein they earn a 2.0 QPA or higher in the coursework.
Required Coursework
While there are no double counting restrictions between the minor and the student's home college general education requirements, 73-265 Economics and Data Science and the 3 economics electives must be unique for the minor and cannot double count with any other major or minor.
Mathematics Requirements
| Units | ||
| 21-120 | Differential and Integral Calculus | 10-20 |
| or 21-111 & 21-112 | Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus | |
| 21-256 | Multivariate Analysis | 9 |
| or 21-254 | Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus for Engineers | |
| or 21-259 | Calculus in Three Dimensions | |
| or 21-266 | Vector Calculus using Matrix Algebra | |
| or 21-268 | Multidimensional Calculus | |
| or 21-269 | Vector Analysis | |
Economic Theory Requirements (27 Units)
| Units | ||
| 73-102 | Principles of Microeconomics * | 9 |
| or 73-104 | Principles of Microeconomics Accelerated | |
| 73-103 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 9 |
| 73-230 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 9 |
| or 73-240 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | |
| If a student is pursuing an economics minor and receives a prerequisite waiver for 73102, 9 additional units of elective course work (73-3xx or higher) is required to ensure 54+ units are met in the minor curriculum. | ||
Quantitative Analysis Requirements (18 Units)
Students who have taken coursework in intermediate-level regression analysis and data visualization may petition to substitute 73-274 Econometrics I or 73-423 Forecasting for Economics and Business for 73-265 Economics and Data Science.
| Units | ||
| 70-207 | Probability and Statistics for Business Applications | 9 |
| or 36-200 | Reasoning with Data | |
| or 15-259 | Probability and Computing | |
| or 21-325 | Probability | |
| or 36-218 | Probability Theory for Computer Scientists | |
| or 36-219 | Probability Theory and Random Processes | |
| or 36-220 | Engineering Statistics and Quality Control | |
| or 36-225 | Introduction to Probability Theory | |
| 73-265 | Economics and Data Science | 9 |
Economics Electives (27 Units)
Students must take three economics elective courses. Economics elective courses are those numbered 73-3xx through 73-49x. Students are encouraged to work with their economics advisor to structure a set of courses to meet these requirements based on their particular interests, subject to course availability.