Program Overview

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San Francisco State University Programs

The university offers a wide range of programs across various colleges, including the Lam Family College of Business, Graduate College of Education, College of Ethnic Studies, College of Health and Social Sciences, College of Liberal & Creative Arts, College of Professional & Global Education, and College of Science and Engineering.

Lam Family College of Business

• Accounting: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, as well as a Master of Science in Accountancy and a Graduate Certificate in Accounting.
• Business Administration: Provides programs in General Business, Business Analytics, and various graduate certificates.
• Decision Sciences: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Decision Sciences and a Graduate Certificate in Decision Sciences.
• Economics: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, a Master of Science in Quantitative Economics, and a Minor in Economics.
• Entrepreneurship: Offers courses and programs focused on entrepreneurship.
• Finance: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, a Minor in Finance, and graduate certificates in Finance and related fields.
• General Business: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in General Business.
• Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management: Includes a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management and a Minor in Hospitality and Tourism Management.
• Information Systems: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in Information Systems and Business Analytics, as well as minors and graduate certificates in related fields.
• International Business: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business and a Graduate Certificate in International Business and Global Leadership.
• Labor and Employment Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Labor and Employment Studies and a Minor in Labor and Employment Studies.
• Management: Includes a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management, a Minor in Management, and graduate certificates in Management and related fields.
• Marketing: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, a Minor in Marketing, and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing in the Digital Economy.
• Master of Business Administration: A comprehensive MBA program.
• Master of Science in Business Analytics: Focuses on data-driven business decision-making.

Graduate College of Education

• Education Doctoral Program: Offers a doctoral degree in Education.
• Education Minor Program: Provides a minor in Education.
• Elementary Education: Includes a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction and a Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education.
• Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies (ELSIT): Offers various master's degrees and certificates in educational leadership and technologies.
• Secondary Education: Provides a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction.
• Special Education: Includes a range of programs from undergraduate minors to doctoral degrees in Special Education, as well as various teaching credentials.
• Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, a Master of Science in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and related certificates.
• Teaching and Educational Services Credential Programs: Provides various teaching and services credentials.

College of Ethnic Studies

• Africana Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies and a Minor in Africana Studies.
• American Indian Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in American Indian Studies and a Minor in American Indian Studies.
• Asian American Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Asian American Studies, a Master of Arts in Asian American Studies, and a Minor in Asian American Studies.
• Critical Mixed Race Studies: Offers courses in Critical Mixed Race Studies.
• Ethnic Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies, a Master of Arts in Ethnic Studies, and a Certificate in Ethnic Studies.
• Latina/Latino Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Latina/Latino Studies and a Minor in Latina/Latino Studies.
• Race and Resistance Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Race and Resistance Studies and minors in related fields.

College of Health and Social Sciences

• Child and Adolescent Development: Offers various concentrations within the Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development.
• Counseling: Includes a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and related programs.
• Criminal Justice Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Studies and minors in related fields.
• Family, Interiors, Nutrition & Apparel: Offers various undergraduate degrees in Family and Consumer Sciences, Apparel Design and Merchandising, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Interior Design.
• Gerontology: Includes a Master of Arts in Gerontology.
• Kinesiology: Offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Kinesiology, with various concentrations.
• Nursing: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Science in Nursing, and related certificates.
• Public Administration: Offers a Master of Public Administration.
• Public Health: Includes a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and a Master of Public Health.
• Recreation, Parks, and Tourism: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration and related minors and certificates.
• Sexuality Studies: Offers a Master of Arts in Human Sexuality Studies and minors in related fields.
• Social Work: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and a Master of Social Work.
• Sociology: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Minor in Sociology.
• Urban Studies and Planning: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Planning and a Minor in Urban Studies and Planning.

College of Liberal & Creative Arts

• Anthropology: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, a Master of Arts in Anthropology, and related minors and certificates.
• School of Art: Includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in Art, with various concentrations.
• Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, a Master of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, and related minors and certificates.
• Cinema: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema, a Master of Arts in Cinema Studies, and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema.
• Classics: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Classics, a Master of Arts in Classics, and related minors.
• Communication Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and a Master of Arts in Communication Studies.
• Creative Writing: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
• School of Design: Includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in Design, with various concentrations.
• English: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in English, with various concentrations, and graduate degrees in English.
• History: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in History, a Master of Arts in History, and related minors and certificates.
• Humanities and Comparative World Literature: Includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in Humanities and Comparative World Literature.
• International Relations: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and a Master of Arts in International Relations.
• Jewish Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Jewish Studies and a Minor in Jewish Studies.
• Journalism: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, with various concentrations, and related minors.
• Liberal and Creative Arts Certificate: Offers a certificate program.
• Liberal Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies and related minors and certificates.
• Modern Languages and Literatures: Includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in various languages and literatures.
• Music: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Music, a Bachelor of Music, and graduate degrees in Music.
• Philosophy: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, a Master of Arts in Philosophy, and related minors.
• Political Science: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, a Master of Arts in Political Science, and related minors and certificates.
• Religious Studies: Offers courses in Religious Studies.
• School of Theatre & Dance: Provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in Theatre Arts and Dance.
• Women and Gender Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Women and Gender Studies, a Master of Arts in Women and Gender Studies, and related minors and certificates.

College of Professional & Global Education

• American Language Institute: Offers English language instruction.
• Business Administration: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in General Business.
• Business Administration Certificate: Offers a certificate in Business Administration.
• Business Analytics Certificate: Includes a certificate in Business Analytics.
• Clinical Laboratory Science: Provides programs in Clinical Laboratory Science.
• Criminal Justice Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Studies.
• Data Science and Machine Learning for Biotechnology Professionals Certificate: Includes a certificate program.
• Dietetics Certificate: Provides a certificate in Dietetics.
• Ethnic Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies and a certificate in Ethnic Studies.
• Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate: Includes a certificate program.
• Hospitality & Tourism Management Certificate: Provides a certificate in Hospitality & Tourism Management.
• International Business: Offers programs in International Business.
• Liberal and Creative Arts Certificate: Includes a certificate program.
• Master of Business Administration: Provides an MBA program.
• Nursing (Accelerated-Prelicensure): Offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Paralegal Studies: Includes a program in Paralegal Studies.
• PK-12 Climate Justice Education Graduate Certificate: Provides a certificate program.
• Pre-Health Professions: Offers advising and programs for pre-health professions.
• Pre-Nursing: Includes advising and programs for pre-nursing.
• Psychology: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
• School Nurse Services Credential: Offers a credential program.
• University Pathway Program: Includes a program for international students.

College of Science and Engineering

• Biology: Offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Biology, with various concentrations.
• Chemistry and Biochemistry: Provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
• Computer Science: Includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in Computer Science.
• Cooperative Education: Offers cooperative education programs.
• Data Science for Biology and Chemistry, Graduate Certificate: Provides a certificate program.
• Engineering: Includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in various engineering fields.
• The School of the Environment: Offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, and Geography.
• Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences: Provides programs in marine and estuarine sciences.
• Mathematics: Includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in Mathematics, with various concentrations.
• Physics and Astronomy: Offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Physics and Astronomy.
• Psychology: Provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in Psychology, with various concentrations.

All-University Programs

• Interdisciplinary Studies (Graduate): Offers graduate programs in interdisciplinary studies.
• Special Major: Provides an option for students to design their own major.

Undergraduate Admissions

• Undergraduate Application Procedures: Outlines the procedures for applying to undergraduate programs.
• Transfer Students: Provides information for transfer students.
• International Student Admission Requirements: Includes requirements for international students.
• Placement Measures for First-Year GE Written Communication and Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Courses: Offers placement measures for first-year students.
• CSU Immunization Requirements: Includes immunization requirements for CSU students.
• Readmission & Special Sessions: Provides information on readmission and special sessions.

Undergraduate Education

• Degree Requirements: Outlines the requirements for undergraduate degrees.
• General Education: Includes lower-division and upper-division general education requirements.
• SF State Studies: Provides courses in SF State Studies, including American Ethnic and Racial Minorities, Environmental Sustainability, Global Perspectives, and Social Justice.
• American Institutions: Offers courses in American Institutions.
• Major: Includes information on choosing a major.
• Minor: Provides information on declaring a minor.
• Complementary Studies: Offers complementary studies courses.
• AP IB CLEP Examinations: Includes information on advanced placement examinations.

Graduate Education

• Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures: Outlines graduate academic policies and procedures.
• Graduate Admissions and Graduate Studies: Provides information on graduate admissions and studies.
• Graduate Student Registration: Includes registration information for graduate students.

Fees & Financial Aid

• Fees and Expenses: Outlines fees and expenses for students.
• Financial Aid Deadlines: Provides financial aid deadlines.
• Student Financial Aid: Includes information on student financial aid.

Policies & Procedures

• Academic Standards: Outlines academic standards for students.
• Appeals Process: Provides an appeals process for students.
• Cancellation of Registration or Withdrawal From the Institution: Includes information on cancellation of registration or withdrawal.
• Career Placement: Data On Former Students: Offers career placement data.
• Credit Hour & Semester Unit: Defines credit hours and semester units.
• Grading Policy and Systems: Outlines grading policies and systems.
• Graduation and Commencement: Includes information on graduation and commencement.
• Nondiscrimination Policy and Complaint Procedures: Provides a nondiscrimination policy and complaint procedures.
• Penalties for Violation of Federal Copyright Laws: Outlines penalties for violating federal copyright laws.
• Privacy Rights of Students in Education Records: Includes information on student privacy rights.
• Programs Leading to Licensure and Credentialing: Provides programs leading to licensure and credentialing.
• Requirement and Use of Social Security Number: Outlines the requirement and use of social security numbers.
• Scholastic Distinction: Includes information on scholastic distinction.
• Student Concerns or Complaints about Actions Taken on Behalf of San Francisco State University: Provides a process for student concerns or complaints.
• Student Conduct: Outlines student conduct policies.

Resources & Support Services

• AB 540 & Undocumented Students: Provides resources for AB 540 and undocumented students.
• Academic Advising for Undergraduate Students: Offers academic advising for undergraduate students.
• Community Service Learning: Includes community service learning opportunities.
• Disability Programs & Resource Center: Provides resources for students with disabilities.
• Division of Equity & Community Inclusion: Offers resources for equity and community inclusion.
• Educational Outreach Programs and Services: Includes various educational outreach programs and services.
• Health Promotion & Wellness: Provides health promotion and wellness services.
• Housing: Offers housing options for students.
• Literary, Performing, Visual & Media Arts: Includes resources for literary, performing, visual, and media arts.
• Military Studies: Provides resources for military studies.
• Office of International Programs: Offers international programs and services.
• Research & Special Learning Facilities: Includes research and special learning facilities.
• Special Enrollment Programs: Provides special enrollment programs.

Course Index

• Course Descriptions, Symbols, and Terms: Outlines course descriptions, symbols, and terms.
• Accounting (ACCT): Includes course descriptions for accounting.
• Africana Studies (AFRS): Provides course descriptions for Africana studies.
• All University (A U): Offers course descriptions for all university courses.
• American Indian Studies (AIS): Includes course descriptions for American Indian studies.
• American Studies (AMST): Provides course descriptions for American studies.
• Anthropology (ANTH): Offers course descriptions for anthropology.
• Apparel Design & Merchandising (ADM): Includes course descriptions for apparel design and merchandising.
• Arabic (ARAB): Provides course descriptions for Arabic.
• Art (ART): Offers course descriptions for art.
• Art History (ARTH): Includes course descriptions for art history.
• Asian American Studies (AA S): Provides course descriptions for Asian American studies.
• Astronomy (ASTR): Offers course descriptions for astronomy.
• Athletics (ATHL): Includes course descriptions for athletics.
• Biology (BIOL): Provides course descriptions for biology.
• Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA): Offers course descriptions for broadcast and electronic communication arts.
• Business (BUS): Includes course descriptions for business.
• Chemistry (CHEM): Provides course descriptions for chemistry.
• Child & Adolescent Development (CAD): Offers course descriptions for child and adolescent development.
• Chinese (CHIN): Includes course descriptions for Chinese.
• Cinema (CINE): Provides course descriptions for cinema.
• Classical Archaeology (CLAR): Offers course descriptions for classical archaeology.
• Classics (CLAS): Includes course descriptions for classics.
• Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS): Provides course descriptions for clinical laboratory science.
• Comic Studies (CMX): Offers course descriptions for comic studies.
• Communication Studies (COMM): Includes course descriptions for communication studies.
• Comparative World Literature (CWL): Provides course descriptions for comparative world literature.
• Computer Science (CSC): Offers course descriptions for computer science.
• Counseling (COUN): Includes course descriptions for counseling.
• Creative Writing (C W): Provides course descriptions for creative writing.
• Credit by Evaluation for Experiential Learning (CEEL): Offers course descriptions for credit by evaluation for experiential learning.
• Criminal Justice Studies (C J): Includes course descriptions for criminal justice studies.
• Critical Social Thought (CST): Provides course descriptions for critical social thought.
• Dance (DANC): Offers course descriptions for dance.
• Decision Sciences (DS): Includes course descriptions for decision sciences.
• Design (DES): Provides course descriptions for design.
• Early Start English (ESE): Offers course descriptions for early start English.
• Early Start Math (ESM): Includes course descriptions for early start math.
• Earth Sciences (ERTH): Provides course descriptions for earth sciences.
• Economics (ECON): Offers course descriptions for economics.
• Education (EDUC): Includes course descriptions for education.
• Educational Administration (EDAD): Provides course descriptions for educational administration.
• Educational Leadership (EDDL): Offers course descriptions for educational leadership.
• Elementary Education (E ED): Includes course descriptions for elementary education.
• Engineering (ENGR): Provides course descriptions for engineering.
• English (ENG): Offers course descriptions for English.
• Environmental Studies (ENVS): Includes course descriptions for environmental studies.
• Ethnic Studies (ETHS): Provides course descriptions for ethnic studies.
• Experimental College (EXCO): Offers course descriptions for experimental college.
• Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS): Includes course descriptions for family and consumer sciences.
• Finance (FIN): Provides course descriptions for finance.
• French (FR): Offers course descriptions for French.
• Geography and Environment (GEOG): Includes course descriptions for geography and environment.
• German (GER): Provides course descriptions for German.
• Gerontology (GRN): Offers course descriptions for gerontology.
• Global Peace Studies (GPS): Includes course descriptions for global peace studies.
• Greek (GRE): Provides course descriptions for Greek.
• Health and Social Sciences (HSS): Offers course descriptions for health and social sciences.
• Hebrew (HEBR): Includes course descriptions for Hebrew.
• History (HIST): Provides course descriptions for history.
• Holistic Health (HH): Offers course descriptions for holistic health.
• Hospitality & Tourism Management (HTM): Includes course descriptions for hospitality and tourism management.
• Humanities (HUM): Provides course descriptions for humanities.
• Information Systems (ISYS): Offers course descriptions for information systems.
• Instructional Technologies (ITEC): Includes course descriptions for instructional technologies.
• Interdisciplinary Studies Education (ISED): Provides course descriptions for interdisciplinary studies education.
• Interior Design (ID): Offers course descriptions for interior design.
• International Business (IBUS): Includes course descriptions for international business.
• International Relations (I R): Provides course descriptions for international relations.
• Italian (ITAL): Offers course descriptions for Italian.
• Japanese (JAPN): Includes course descriptions for Japanese.
• Jewish Studies (JS): Provides course descriptions for Jewish studies.
• Journalism (JOUR): Offers course descriptions for journalism.
• Kinesiology (KIN): Includes course descriptions for kinesiology.
• Korean (KOR): Provides course descriptions for Korean.
• Labor Studies (LABR): Offers course descriptions for labor studies.
• Latin (LATN): Includes course descriptions for Latin.
• Latina/o Studies (LTNS): Provides course descriptions for Latina/o studies.
• Liberal & Creative Arts (LCA): Offers course descriptions for liberal and creative arts.
• Liberal Studies (LS): Includes course descriptions for liberal studies.
• Library Education (LIB): Provides course descriptions for library education.
• Management (MGMT): Offers course descriptions for management.
• Marine Science (MSCI): Includes course descriptions for marine science.
• Marketing (MKTG): Provides course descriptions for marketing.
• Mathematics (MATH): Offers course descriptions for mathematics.
• Middle East & Islamic Studies (MEIS): Includes course descriptions for Middle East and Islamic studies.
• Modern Greek Studies (MGS): Provides course descriptions for modern Greek studies.
• Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL): Offers course descriptions for modern languages and literatures.
• Museum Studies (M S): Includes course descriptions for museum studies.
• Music (MUS): Provides course descriptions for music.
• Nursing (NURS): Offers course descriptions for nursing.
• Nutrition & Dietetics (NUTR): Includes course descriptions for nutrition and dietetics.
• Persian (PRSN): Provides course descriptions for Persian.
• Philosophy (PHIL): Offers course descriptions for philosophy.
• Physical Therapy (PT): Includes course descriptions for physical therapy.
• Physics (PHYS): Provides course descriptions for physics.
• Political Science (PLSI): Offers course descriptions for political science.
• Psychology (PSY): Includes course descriptions for psychology.
• Public Administration (P A): Provides course descriptions for public administration.
• Public Health (PH): Offers course descriptions for public health.
• Race and Resistance Studies (RRS): Includes course descriptions for race and resistance studies.
• Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (RPT): Provides course descriptions for recreation, parks, and tourism.
• Religious Studies (RELS): Offers course descriptions for religious studies.
• Russian (RUSS): Includes course descriptions for Russian.
• Science (SCI): Provides course descriptions for science.
• Secondary Education (S ED): Offers course descriptions for secondary education.
• Sexuality Studies (SXS): Includes course descriptions for sexuality studies.
• Social Work (S W): Provides course descriptions for social work.
• Sociology (SOC): Offers course descriptions for sociology.
• Spanish (SPAN): Includes course descriptions for Spanish.
• Special Education (SPED): Provides course descriptions for special education.
• Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (SLHS): Offers course descriptions for speech, language, and hearing sciences.
• Theatre Arts (TH A): Includes course descriptions for theatre arts.
• Urban Studies and Planning (USP): Provides course descriptions for urban studies and planning.
• Women and Gender Studies (WGS): Offers course descriptions for women and gender studies.

Bachelor of Arts in Economics Roadmap

The Bachelor of Arts in Economics requires 120-123 total units, with a minimum of 42 units in the major.

First Semester

• ENG 114: Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2)
• Select one: DS 110, MATH 110, or MATH 226
• GE Area A3
• GE Area C
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective

Second Semester

• ECON 101: Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis (Major Core, D1)
• GE Area A
• GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3)
• GE Area E
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective

Third Semester

• ECON 102: Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis (Major Core, D1)
• GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3)
• GE Area C
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective Take Two

Fourth Semester

• Select one: DS 212, ECON 311, or MATH 124
• GE Area C
• GE Area D
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective Take Two

Fifth Semester

• ECON 301: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (Major Core)
• Major Upper-Division Electives (18 units) - Take One
• GE Area F
• GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences
• U.S. and California Government

Sixth Semester

• ECON 302: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (Major Core)
• Major Upper-Division Electives (18 units) - Take One
• GE Area UDD: Upper-Division Social Sciences
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two

Seventh Semester

• ECON 312: Introduction to Econometrics (Major Core)
• Major Upper-Division Electives (18 units) - Take Two
• GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective

Eighth Semester

• ECON 690GW: Senior Seminar: Economic Inquiry and Analysis - GWAR (Major Core)
• Major Upper-Division Electives (18 units) - Take Two
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective Take Two

Upper-Division Electives (18 Units)

Economics majors are required to take six upper-division elective courses in economics. There are over 20 elective courses, including some cross-listed courses with other programs, offered each year. These elective courses can be taken in any order as long as the prerequisites are met.

• ECON 400: Economic and Social History of the United States
• ECON 450: Health Economics
• ECON 474/HIST 474/LABR 474: History of Labor in the United States
• ECON 500: Money and Banking
• ECON 505: Public Economics
• ECON 510/LABR 510: Labor Economics
• ECON 511/LABR 511: Collective Bargaining
• ECON 520: Industrial Organization
• ECON 540: Economics of Gender
• ECON 541: Economics of LGBTQ Issues
• ECON 550: Environmental Economics
• ECON 560: Economics of Growth
• ECON 605: Seminar: History of Economic Thought
• ECON 611: International Trade Theory and Policy
• ECON 612: International Finance and Macroeconomics
• ECON 616: Experimental Economics and Game Theory
• ECON 618: Economic Inference: Methods and Applications
• ECON 620: Economic Development
• ECON 635/I R 635: Economics of Globalization
• ECON 640: Health Economics Analysis and Research
• ECON 651/ENVS 651/FIN 651: Student Managed Fund in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investments
• ECON 675: Natural Resource Economics
• ECON 680: Applied Economics and Data Analysis with R
• ECON 699: Independent Study

Upon prior advisement, students may apply a maximum of two courses taken outside the Economics department to the elective requirement. Non-Economics courses approved by the department are included in the list of elective options below. Students should keep in mind that non-Economics courses may require additional prerequisites that are not met in the Economics degree or consent of the instructor.

• ACCT 301: Intermediate Financial Accounting I
• DS 311: Technologies in Data Analytics
• DS 312: Data Analysis with Computer Applications
• DS 408: Computer Simulation
• DS 412: Operations Management
• DS 612: Data Mining with Business Applications
• DS 624: Quality Management
• FIN 350: Business Finance
• FIN 536: International Finance
• GEOG 603: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 604: Environmental Data Science
• I R 312: Introduction to International Political Economy
• ISYS 363: Information Systems for Management
• MATH 227: Calculus II
• MATH 228: Calculus III
• MATH 245: Elementary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra
• MATH 324: Probability and Statistics with Computing
• MATH 325: Linear Algebra
• MATH 338: Introduction to SAS
• MATH 376: Ordinary Differential Equations I
• MATH 400: Numerical Analysis
• MATH 424: Introduction to Linear Models
• MATH 440: Probability and Statistics I
• MATH 441: Probability and Statistics II
• MATH 448: Introduction to Statistical Learning and Data Mining

Complementary Studies

Bachelor of Arts students must complete at least 12 units of Complementary Studies outside of the primary prefix for the major. Students who complete two majors or a major and a minor automatically complete the Complementary Studies requirement. Alternatively, students in the Economics major can meet with a major advisor to determine which courses will satisfy the Complementary Studies requirement.