Minor in Economics

Economics is highly complementary with a number of other disciplines and some students may choose to minor in economics while pursuing a major in another field. Students often decide to minor in economics after having already taken several economics courses and realizing that a few more courses will satisfy the minor requirements.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Graduates will be able to apply microeconomic and macroeconomic principles to analyze individual, business, and policy decisions.

Economics Minor — 22 units minimum

  • Minors must earn a minimum grade of C- in each core course (CR/NC grading is not permitted for core courses).
  • A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.
  • All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.

Required Courses (13-15 units)

ECON 101Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis3
ECON 102Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis3
Select One:4-6
Calculus with Business Applications
Mathematics for Business Calculus I
and Mathematics for Business Calculus II
Business Calculus
Calculus I
Select One:3
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Electives (9 units)

Three courses selected from upper-division elective economics courses. ECON 301 or ECON 302 may be used as an elective if not used as a required course. ECON 312 and ECON courses 400 and above are considered to be upper-division electives.