Law, Economics and Policy Option
This option is available within the Economics major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
- OSU-Cascades (hybrid)
The Law, Economics and Policy option is an interdisciplinary program drawing from political science and philosophy courses as well as economics. This option serves students interested in public service or advanced study in law or public policy.
Option Code: 889
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Communicate economic theory and applications in written and oral form.
- Analyze consumer, firm, market, and macroeconomic behavior using microeconomic and macroeconomic theory.
- Examine issues in fields of economics using economic theory.
- Derive basic estimators and prove their properties, estimate economic models using data, test hypotheses, forecast, and interpret estimates.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select four courses from the following, including at least two from economics: | 16 | |
| *THE ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION | ||
| BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS | ||
| PUBLIC ECONOMICS | ||
| ^PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS (if not used for WIC) | ||
| LAW, ECONOMICS, AND REGULATION | ||
| ECONOMICS OF TRADITIONAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY | ||
| LABOR ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL POLICY | ||
| ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY | ||
| DEDUCTIVE LOGIC | ||
| JUDICIAL PROCESS AND POLITICS | ||
| PUBLIC POLICY PROBLEMS | ||
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: GOVERNMENT POWERS AND CONSTRAINTS | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select two additional upper-division economics courses | 7-8 | |
| Total Credits | 23-24 | |
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Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025
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Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC) course
Option Code: 889