Economics Curriculum
Students entering the University of San Diego and/or declaring a major during 2020-2021, should follow information contained in the printed course catalog (also known as the "catalog of record") published on April 1, 2020. Access the catalog of record at https://catalogs.sandiego.edu.
The Economics Major
Students majoring in economics must satisfy the USD core curriculum requirements as set forth in the catalog, lower-division business courses in preparation for the major, the Major Component requirements, and the Professional Development Passport Program.
Lower-Division Preparation for the Major
Students must earn a C- or better in all lower-division business preparatory courses for the major, as well as ECON 201 and ECON 202 in the Major Component.
Students who are pursuing a business major are expected to complete all lower-division business preparatory courses before earning 60 units. Students who have completed 45 – 59 units will receive an email reminding them of the policy that business majors need to complete all lower-division business preparatory courses by 60 units and recommending that they meet with a business advisor if needed. Students, who have completed 60-74 units but still have outstanding lower-division business preparatory courses, will have an advisor hold placed on their account and must meet with a business advisor before registering for any upper-division business courses. If a student has earned 75 or more units and still has not completed all of the lower-division business preparatory courses then the student will not be able to register for any upper-division business courses until the lower-division business preparatory courses have been successfully completed with a C- or better.
Code | Title | Units |
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ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3-4 |
ECON 102 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 216 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 1-4 |
or ECON 217 | Applied Regression Analysis | |
Must receive pre-approval to register for ECON 217. | ||
ITMG 100 | Information Systems | 3 |
MATH 130 | Survey of Calculus (or Calculus I) | 3-4 |
or MATH 150 | Calculus I | |
Total Units | 16-21 |
Students considering graduate studies in economics are advised to take MATH 150; MATH 151 and MATH 250 as well.
Major Component
Code | Title | Units |
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Required Courses | ||
ECON 201 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
ECON 202 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 370 | Applied Econometrics | 3 |
ECON 497 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
Required Courses Total Units | 12 | |
Elective Courses | ||
Select six additional upper-division economics courses for a total of 18 units: | 18 | |
ECON 300-369; ECON 371-494; ECON 496 or ECON 499 | ||
Total Units | 30 |
The economics major requires a minimum of 18 upper-division units in the major be completed at USD.
Recommended Program Of Study, Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Freshman Year | ||
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Semester I | Units | |
ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
MATH 115 | College Algebra | 3 |
Core or general electives | 9 | |
Semester II | Hours | |
ECON 102 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
ITMG 100 | Information Systems | 3 |
MATH 130 or 150 | Survey of Calculus Calculus I | 3 |
Core or general electives | 6 | |
Sophomore Year | ||
Semester I | Hours | |
ECON 202 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 216 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 4 |
Core or general electives | 9 | |
Semester II | Hours | |
ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
ECON 201 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
Core or general electives | 12 | |
Junior Year | ||
Semester I | Hours | |
ECON electives | 6 | |
Core or general electives | 12 | |
Semester II | Hours | |
ECON 370 | Applied Econometrics | 3 |
ECON electives | 6 | |
Core or general electives | 6 | |
Senior Year | ||
Semester I | Hours | |
ECON elective | 3 | |
Core or general electives | 12 | |
Semester II | Hours | |
ECON 497 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
ECON elective | 3 | |
Core or general electives | 6 |
Students entering the University of San Diego and/or declaring a major during 2020-2021, should follow information contained in the printed course catalog (also known as the "catalog of record") published on April 1, 2020. Access the catalog of record at https://catalogs.sandiego.edu.
Minor Requirements
Code | Title | Units |
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Required Courses | ||
ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
ECON 102 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 201 | Intermediate Microeconomics 1 | 3 |
ECON 202 | Intermediate Macroeconomics 1 | 3 |
Elective Courses | ||
ECON upper-division electives | 6 | |
Total Units | 18 |
1 | An upper-division ECON elective may used to substitute for either ECON 201 or ECON 202, but not both. |
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