Economics B.A. — Public Policy Emphasis

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Location: Candelaria 1281

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Website: www.unco.edu/hss/economics/programs

Advising Information:

Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

The program consists of three parts:

1. Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
2. Required Major Credits
3. University-Wide Credits

Program Description:

Economics majors and minors learn the traditional tools and concepts of economics, theories and quantitative procedures applicable to economics and related disciplines and techniques and methodologies employed by economic practitioners.

Program Admission Requirements:

All students must achieve an overall cumulative GPA of 2.25 in order to be admitted to the economics major. First-semester freshmen and transfer students will be admitted on a probational basis and must achieve an overall cumulative GPA of 2.25 after their first semester at UNC in order to continue in the major.

Program Requirements:

• Economics majors must earn a C- or better in each of the following:
  • All courses with an ECON prefix
  • MATH 124
  • STAT 150
• In addition, Economics majors must have a 2.00 cumulative grade point average in all courses that count toward the major.
• A maximum of six directed study credits in Economics may be taken.

Program Recommendations:

A minor is strongly recommended.

Degree Requirements — 120 Credits

Degree Requirements

1. Required Specified LAC — 9-13 credits

LAC area 2 — Mathematics

MATH 124	College Algebra	4
STAT 150	Introduction to Statistical Analysis	3

Note: If a student presents an ACT score of 26.0 or higher in mathematics or an SAT math score of 560 or higher prior to March 2016, or an SAT score of 580 or higher after March 2016, he or she is exempt from MATH 124 and thus the LAC area 2 requirement.

LAC area 5.a. — Economic and Political Systems

ECON 203	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECON 205	Principles of Microeconomics	3

Remaining LAC — 31 credits

See “Liberal Arts Core”.

2. Required Major — 30 credits

Take all of the following courses:

ECON 303	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
ECON 305	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
ECON 452	Econometrics	3
ECON 475	Senior Seminar	3

Required ECON Elective Credits — 6 credits

Select any two courses of ECON at 300 or 400 level.

Required ECON Emphasis Credits — 12 credits

Select 12 credits from the following (at least 6 credits must have ECON prefix):

AFS 240	Dynamics of Racism	3
AFS 310	African Americans and U.S. Education	3
AFS 399	Community Study Project	1- 4
ECON 304	Economics of Gender	3
ECON 315	Labor Economics	3
ECON 341	Public Finance	3
ECON 349	Economics of Religion	3
ECON 362	Economic History of the United States	3
GEOG 200	Human Geography	3
GEOG 310	Urban and Regional Planning	3
GEOG 312	Economic Geography of the Industrialized World	3
GEOG 320	Population Geography	3
GEOG 360	Nations, States, and Territory	3
HIST 300	History of Feminism	3
HIST 334	The United States and the World	3
HIST 342	American Constitutional History	3
MAS 301	Mexican American Politics and Leadership	3
MIND 286	Value Issues in Political Economy	3
PSCI 203	Colorado Politics	3
PSCI 207	Women and Politics	3
PSCI 301	Electoral Politics in the United States	3
PSCI 302	Power in America	3
PSCI 303	Public Policy in the United States	3
PSCI 305	Politics of Education	3
PSCI 306	Constitutional Law	3
PSCI 309	American Political Development	3
PSCI 323	Politics of Religion	3

3. University-Wide Credits — 46-50 credits

Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 46-50 credits.

Majors in the Public Policy Emphasis are encouraged to consider a minor in Political Science or Public Policy.