Program: Economics, B.A. - University of California Merced

Apr 05, 2025

2015-2016 Catalog

In addition to adhering to General Education and School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Requirements , the Economics major requires 48 units (some of which simultaneously fulfill general education requirements). Courses in the major must be taken for a letter grade and may not be taken on a pass/no pass basis unless the course is only offered on a pass/no pass basis. Students must complete all major course prerequisites with a C-or better.

Lower Division Major Requirements [16 Units]

ECON 001: Introduction to Economics [4 units]

One introductory course chosen from the following: [4 units]

COGS 001: Introduction to Cognitive Science [4 units] *
PSY 001: Introduction to Psychology [4 units] *
POLI 001: Introduction to American Politics [4 units] *
SOC 001: Introduction to Sociology [4 units] *
* Meets Social Sciences course outside of major General Education requirement.

One statistics course chosen from the following: [4 units]

ECON 010: Statistical Inference [4 units] †
POLI 010: Understanding Political Controversies [4 units] †
SOC 010: Statistics for Sociology [4 units] †
PSY 010: Analysis of Psychological Data [4 units] †
† Meets the Quantitative Reasoning General Education requirement.

One calculus course: [4 units]

MATH 011: Calculus I [4 units] or equivalent †
† Meets the Quantitative Reasoning General Education requirement.

Upper Division Major Requirements [32 Units]

ECON 100: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory [4 units]
ECON 101: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory [4 units]
ECON 130: Econometrics [4 units]
At least five additional upper division courses in Economics [20 units]

Specializations

Students are encouraged to choose one of the following two Specializations, each requiring three upper division courses [12 units] that also may satisfy the five course upper-division Economics course requirement:

Strategy and Finance

At least 3 courses from the following:

ECON 115: Economics of Industrial Organization [4 units] or
MGMT 115: Economics of Industrial Organization [4 units]
ECON 116: Organizational Strategy [4 units]
ECON 117: Marketing Strategy [4 units]
ECON 121: The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions [4 units]
ECON 141: Industrial Relations and Human Resource Economics [4 units]
ECON 153: Judgment and Decision Making [4 units]
ECON 161: International Finance [4 units]
ECON 162: Corporate Finance [4 units] or
MGMT 165: Corporate Finance [4 units]
ECON 163: Economics of Investments, Futures, and Options [4 units]
ECON 170: Game Theory [4 units]

Economic Analysis and Policy

At least 3 courses from the following:

ECON 111: American Economic History [4 units]
ECON 120: Economics of the Environment and Public Policy [4 units]
ECON 140: Labor Economics [4 units]
ECON 141: Industrial Relations and Human Resource Economics [4 units]
ECON 142: The Economics of Gender and Poverty [4 units]
ECON 145: Health Economics [4 units]
ECON 150: Economic Development [4 units]
ECON 151: Public Economics [4 units]
ECON 152: Law and Economics [4 units]
ECON 156: Urban and Regional Economics [4 units]
ECON 155: Political Economics [4 units]
ECON 160: International Microeconomics [4 units]

Transfer Students

Transfer students planning to major in Economics should complete the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) at their community college. Transfer students may not be admitted to the Economics major without specific major preparation. Please contact the Office of Admissions for current information

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Lower Division Major Requirements [16 Units]

One introductory course chosen from the following: [4 units]

One statistics course chosen from the following: [4 units]

One calculus course: [4 units]

Upper Division Major Requirements [32 Units]

Specializations

Strategy and Finance

Economic Analysis and Policy

Transfer Students

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