Program Requirements

To earn a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, students must complete 126 credits, including core, major-sequence and elective requirements, as outlined below. For more information about courses, please see the St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and The Peter J. Tobin College of Business sections of our Undergraduate Bulletin.

Common Core — 27 Credits

Discover New York3
ENG1000CEnglish3
ENG1100CEnglish3
HIST1000CHistory3
SCI1000CScience3
PHI1000CPhilosophy6
PHI3000CPhilosophy3
THE1000CTheology3
SPE3000CSpeech3

Distributed Core — 21 Credits

Foreign Language6
MATH1320Mathematics3
PHI2200CPhilosophy3
THE2000 levelTheology3
THE3000 levelTheology3

St. John’s Core — 12 Credits

Art or Music3
Core Elective (in three different fields outside of major area)3
Core Elective3
Core Elective3

Plus 30 credits in general electives

Major Sequence — 36 Credits)

ECO1301Principles of Economics I3
ECO1302Principles of Economics II3
ECO3303History of Economic Thought3
ECO3341Macroeconomic Theory3
ECO3343Macroeconomic Theory3
DS2333Business and Economic Statistics I3
DS2334Business and Economic Statistics II3
Plus 5 elective courses selected in consultation with departmental advisor from the following:
ECO2309Money and Banking3
ECO3306Comparative Economic Systems3
ECO3307Labor Economics3
ECO3313Public Finance3
ECO3323Economics of State and Local Governments3
ECO3335Mathematical Economics3
ECO3344International Economics3
ECO3346Economic Growth and Development3
ECO3347Urban Economics3
ECO3348Environmental Economics3
ECO4340Managerial Economics3
ECO4345Introduction to Econometrics3
ECO4350Seminar in Economics3
FIN3310Foundations in Finance3
FIN3312Investments3
FIN3316Capital and Money Markets3
FIN3318International Banking and Finance3