2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin

Economics, Bachelor of Science

Economics is the study of how people and societies make choices to accomplish individual and social purposes. In this major, students learn about individual, national and global economic behavior, and then apply theoretical insights and methods of analysis to contemporary challenges involving crime, social justice, and the investigation of fraud and corruption.

Credits required. 36 or more, depending upon the completion of prerequisites (if needed).

Prerequisites. ECO 101 or ECO 120 or ECO 125 is a prerequisite for required courses in the Economics major. Depending on math placement, students may need to take MAT 105 and/or MAT 108 (or MAT 141) as prerequisites for the required statistics course, STA 250.

Note: Students considering graduate programs in economics should consider additional mathematics and statistics courses as free electives. Students are strongly advised to discuss graduate school options early in their progression through the major.

Coordinators. Professor Catherine Mulder, Department of Economics (212.484.1309, cmulder@jjay.cuny.edu). For the Forensic Financial Analysis specialization, see Professor Jonathan Childerley, Department of Public Management (914.512.1378, jchilderley@jjay.cuny.edu).

Honors Option. Honors in the BS in Economics is bestowed upon students in Specialization A: Economic Analysis who graduate with an overall GPA of 3.2 or higher, a GPA of 3.5 or higher for courses taken in fulfillment of the major, complete at least one additional Economics elective course at the 300-level, and complete a written capstone project in ECO 405 Seminar in Economics. 

Additional information. Students who enrolled for the first time at the College or changed to this major in September 2015 or thereafter must complete the major in the form presented here. Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose the form shown here or the earlier version of the major. A copy of the earlier version may be obtained in the 2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin.

Part One. Economic Foundations

Required

ECO 220Intermediate Macroeconomics

3

ECO 225Intermediate Microeconomics

3

Required for Specialization A students

ECO 105Understanding U.S. Economic Data

3

ECO 213Political Economy

3

Required for Specialization C students

ACC 250Introduction to Accounting

3

ACC 307Forensic Accounting I

3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Part Two. Statistics

Required

STA 250Principles and Methods of Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Part Three. Capstone

Select one

ACC 410Seminar in Forensic Financial Analysis

3

ECO 405Seminar in Economics

3

ACC 410: Required for Specialization C.

ECO 405: Required for Specialization A.

Total Credit Hours: 3

Part Four. Specializations

Select one specialization.

Specialization A. Economic Analysis

Required

ECO 310Economics in Historical Perspectives

3

Electives

Select five courses, at least one from each cluster, with no single course satisfying more than one cluster.

Criminal Justice Cluster
ECO 231Global Economic Development and Crime

3

ECO 235Finance for Forensic Economics

3

ECO 260Environmental Economics, Regulation and Policy

3

ECO 283Selected Topics in Economics

3

ECO 315/PSC 315An Economic Analysis of Crime

3

ECO 360/SOC 360Corporate and White-Collar Crime

3

Public Sector Cluster
ECO 125Introduction to Microeconomics

3

ECO 260Environmental Economics, Regulation and Policy

3

ECO 265Introduction to Public Sector Economics

3

ECO 270Urban Economics

3

ECO 280Economics of Labor

3

ECO 283Selected Topics in Economics

3

ECO 324Money and Banking

3

ECO 360/SOC 360Corporate and White-Collar Crime

3

Economic Justice Cluster
AFR 250Political Economy of Racism

3

AFR 322Inequality and Wealth

3

ECO 280Economics of Labor

3

ECO 283Selected Topics in Economics

3

ECO 327The Political Economy of Gender

3

ECO 333Sustainability: Preserving the Earth as Human Habitat

3

International Cluster
AFR 250Political Economy of Racism

3

ECO 120Introduction to Macroeconomics

3

ECO 231Global Economic Development and Crime

3

ECO 245International Economics

3

ECO 283Selected Topics in Economics

3

ECO 327The Political Economy of Gender

3

ECO 333Sustainability: Preserving the Earth as Human Habitat

3

Specialization C. Forensic Financial Analysis

Required

ACC 308Auditing

3

ACC 309Forensic Accounting II

3

CJBS 101Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System

3

LAW 202Law and Evidence

3

Electives

Select two

ACC 264/LAW 264Business Law

3

ACC 265Digital Forensics for the Fraud Examiner

3

ECO 215Economics of Regulation and the Law

3

ECO 235Finance for Forensic Economics

3

ECO 330Quantitative Methods for Decision Makers

3

ECO 360/SOC 360Corporate and White-Collar Crime

3

Total Credit Hours: 18

Total Credit Hours: 36