Nov 23, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Roadmap: B.A. in Economics for Transfers


***FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS ***

By completing the following Roadmap, you will earn a BA in Economics. Students should have completed a two-year Transfer with Associate’s Degree program, or a minimum of 60 units completing GE Areas A through E.

Economics studies how people choose to use their scarce resources to try to satisfy their unlimited wants. Since it’s about people, choice, scarcity, resources and satisfying wants it’s an exciting, broad and yet, practical field of study. It offers useful tools that will help you understand the world and make wiser decisions. The clear, rigorous mode of thinking developed in studying economics offers excellent preparation for a wide variety of professional careers. Below you will find a recommended course of study for the Economics BA. Students should speak with an advisor to develop a more personalized roadmap.

 

Third Year

Fall Semester
Course
Units
ECON 3205 Introduction to Econometrics   4 
ECON 4000 Intermediate Theory (Macro)   3 
General Education Area UD-B 3
Elective Units 3
Elective Units 3
Total Units 16
Cumulative Total 16
Spring Semester
Course
Units
ECON 4200 Intermediate Theory (Micro)   3 
Major Elective 3
Major Elective 3
Elective Units 3
General Education Area UD-C 3
Total Units 15
Cumulative Total 31
  • Major Elective courses must be chosen from two or more of the following areas of specialization: a. Banking, Investment, and Managerial Economics, b. International Trade and Alternative Economic Systems, c. Economics and the Public Sector, d. Labor Economics, and e. Economic History. Area of specialization exceptions can be made on approval of the department chair. For a list of courses, visit the Economics B.A. catalog page .                            

 

 

Fourth Year

*Apply for Graduation

Fall Semester
Course
Units
General Education Area UD-D 3
University Multicultural Requirement 3
Major Elective 3
Major Elective 3
Major Elective 3
Total Units 15
Cumulative Total 46
Spring Semester
Course
Units
ECON 4335 Political Economy (WP)   4 
ECON 4960 Senior Seminar   3 
Elective Units 3
Elective Units 3
Elective Units 1
Total Units 14
Cumulative Total 60
  • For additional dates and details to apply for graduation, visit the Graduation Website.