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 various theoretical insights and methods of analysis to the contemporary challenges involving social and economic justice, discrimination, immigration, markets, and crime, among other topics.
Credits required. 36 or more, depending upon the completion of prerequisites (if needed).
Prerequisites. ECO 101 or ECO 120 or ECO 125 are prerequisites for required courses in the Economics major. ECO 105 is also a prerequisite for higher-level required ECO courses. 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, ECO 255.
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.
Economics Major CUNY Gateway Courses. ECO 120 Introduction to Macroeconomics, ECO 125 Introduction to Microeconomics, ECO 255 Statistics for Economists.
Coordinator. Professors Catherine Mulder, Fall 2016 (212.484.1309, cmulder@jjay.cuny.edu) and Ian Seda-Irizarry, Spring 2017 (212.393.6425, iseda@jjay.cuny.edu), Department of Economics.
Honors Option. Honors in the BS in Economics is bestowed upon students 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 2016 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 2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin.
Part One. Economic Foundations
Required
| ECO 105 | Understanding U.S. Economic Data | 3 |
| ECO 213 | Political Economy | 3 |
| ECO 220 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECO 225 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECO 255 | Statistics for Economists | 3 |
| ECO 310 | Economics in Historical Perspectives | 3 |
| ECO 405 | Seminar in Economics | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 21
Part Two. Electives
Select five courses, at least one from each cluster with no single course satisfying more than one cluster.
Please note: Students may only use one 100-level course towards Part II. Electives.
Elective Clusters
Criminal Justice Cluster
Select at least one course
Public Sector Cluster
Select at least one course
Economic Justice Cluster
Select at least one course
| AFR 250 | Political Economy of Racism | 3 |
| AFR 322 | Inequality and Wealth | 3 |
| ECO 280 | Economics of Labor | 3 |
| ECO 283 | Selected Topics in Economics | 3 |
| ECO 327 | The Political Economy of Gender | 3 |
| ECO 333 | Sustainability: Preserving the Earth as Human Habitat | 3 |
International Cluster
Select at least one course
| AFR 250 | Political Economy of Racism | 3 |
| ECO 120 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECO 231 | Global Economic Development and Crime | 3 |
| ECO 245 | International Economics | 3 |
| ECO 283 | Selected Topics in Economics | 3 |
| ECO 327 | The Political Economy of Gender | 3 |
| ECO 333 | Sustainability: Preserving the Earth as Human Habitat | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 15
Total Credit Hours: 36