This program is available at the following locations:

• Corvallis
• Ecampus
• OSU-Cascades (hybrid)

Options available:

• General Economics
• Law, Economics and Policy
• Managerial Economics
• Mathematical Economics

Businesses want employees who can think, communicate orally, write, and solve problems and who are comfortable with quantitative analysis. The traditional economics major perfectly prepares students to meet these demands.

Major Code: 885

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Present economic theory and applications in written and oral form.
• Demonstrate an understanding of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory.
• Apply economic theory to issues in fields of economics. 
• Derive basic estimators and prove their properties, estimate economic models using data, test hypotheses, forecast, and interpret estimates.

• All students must complete at least one option. Major and option credits together must total a minimum of 51 credits.
• No courses may count for more than one option.
• None of the 51 credits may be taken S/U.
• All students must receive a grade of "C" (2.00) or better in all upper-division required major core courses and maintain an overall grade-point average (GPA) of 2.00 in all courses taken toward the major and options.
• Students cannot receive credit toward the major or options for both ECON 311 and ECON 411, for both ECON 315 and ECON 415, and for both ECON 424 and ECON 427.
• No more than 4 credits of self-study courses (ECON 401–ECON 410) may be counted towards the 51 credit requirement.

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

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Core Education course. Applies only to students admitted to an OSU undergraduate degree from Summer 2025 onwards

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Students who select the Mathematical Economics Option must complete ECON 411, ECON 415, ECON 423 and ECON 427 in the major core

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Students who select the General Economics Option must complete ECON 423 in the major core

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Courses cannot double-count between options (for example, ECON 329 cannot apply to both the Mathematical Economics and General Economics Options)

Major Code: 885

Degree plans are subject to change and the following is only an example of how students may complete their degree in four years. Students should consult their advisor to determine the best degree plan for them. Contact details for advisors can be found on the Academic Advising page.

Economics BS

Economics BA