Economics Undergraduate Major (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
- OSU-Cascades
Options available:
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.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Curriculum | ||
| ECON 201 | *INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECON 202 | *INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECON 411 | ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY 1 | 4 |
| or ECON 311 | INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY | |
| ECON 415 | ADVANCED MACROECONOMIC THEORY 1 | 4 |
| or ECON 315 | INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY | |
| ECON 423 | PRE-ECONOMETRICS 1, 2 | 4 |
| or ST 351 | INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS | |
| ECON 427 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS WITH CALCULUS 1 | 4 |
| or ECON 424 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS | |
| ECON 428 | ^INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC RESEARCH | 4 |
| or ECON 439 | ^PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS | |
| Required Option | ||
| Select at least one option for a minimum of 23 credits 3 | 23 | |
| Additional Requirements | ||
| Remaining Bacc Core and General Electives | 129 | |
| Total Credits | 180 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- 1
Students who select the Mathematical Economics Option must complete ECON 411, ECON 415, ECON 423 and ECON 427 in the major core
- 2
Students who select the General Economics Option must complete ECON 423 in the major core
- 3
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
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| HHS 231 | *LIFETIME FITNESS FOR HEALTH | 2 |
| Bacc Core: Western Culture | 4 | |
| CLA Core: Humanities | 4 | |
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Winter | ||
| ECON 201 | *INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | 4 |
| WR 121Z | *COMPOSITION I | 4 |
| Bacc Core: Social Processes & Institutions | 4 | |
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ECON 202 | *INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 4 |
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Speech | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Difference, Power & Discrimination | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ECON 311 or ECON 411 | INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY or ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY | 4 |
| Bacc Core: Biological Science with Lab | 4 | |
| CLA Core: Social Science | 4 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| ECON 315 or ECON 415 | INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY or ADVANCED MACROECONOMIC THEORY | 4 |
| Bacc Core: Writing II | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Cultural Diversity | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Physical Science with Lab | 4 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| Option Course | 4 | |
| CLA Core: Fine Arts | 3 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ECON 423 | PRE-ECONOMETRICS | 4 |
| Bacc Core: Science, Technology & Society | 3 | |
| CLA Core: Non-Western Culture | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Winter | ||
| ECON 424 or ECON 427 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS or INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS WITH CALCULUS | 4 |
| Bacc Core: Contemporary Global Issues | 3 | |
| CLA Core: Additional Course | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Literature & The Arts | 3 | |
| Option Course | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ECON 428 or ECON 439 | ^INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC RESEARCH or ^PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS | 4 |
| Option Course | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Biological or Physical Science with Lab | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: PAC | 1 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Option Course | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| Option Course | 4 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Option Course | 4 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 13 | |
| Total Credits | 180 | |
Economics BA
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| ECON 201 | *INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | 4 |
| WR 121Z | *COMPOSITION I | 4 |
| Language 111 | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Western Culture | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| ECON 202 | *INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 4 |
| HHS 231 | *LIFETIME FITNESS FOR HEALTH | 2 |
| Language 112 | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Science, Technology & Society | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: PAC | 1 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| Language 113 | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Speech | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Physical Science with Lab | 4 | |
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ECON 311 or ECON 411 | INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY or ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY | 4 |
| Bacc Core: Biological Science with Lab | 4 | |
| Language 211 | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Writing II | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| ECON 315 or ECON 415 | INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY or ADVANCED MACROECONOMIC THEORY | 4 |
| Language 212 | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Biological or Physical Science with Lab | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Cultural Diversity | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Option Course | 4 | |
| Language 213 | 4 | |
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Social Processes & Institutions | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ECON 423 or ST 351 | PRE-ECONOMETRICS or INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS | 4 |
| Option Course | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Literature & the Arts | 3 | |
| CLA Core: Social Science | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| ECON 424 or ECON 427 | INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS or INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS WITH CALCULUS | 4 |
| Option Course | 4 | |
| CLA Core: Humanities | 3 | |
| CLA Core: Non-Western Culture | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ECON 428 or ECON 439 | ^INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC RESEARCH or ^PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS | 4 |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| CLA Core: Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Contemporary Global Issues | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Option Course | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Winter | ||
| Option Course | 4 | |
| CLA Core: Additional Course | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Option Course | 4 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 180 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)