Economics Minor

Course Requirements

Students earn a minor in economics by completing the following requirements:

Lower-Division Courses

Take these courses

ECON 1	Introductory Microeconomics: Resource Allocation and Market Structure	5
ECON 2	Introductory Macroeconomics: Aggregate Economic Activity	5

Plus one of the following options

Either these courses
AM 11A /ECON 11A	Mathematical Methods for Economists I	5
AM 11B /ECON 11B	Mathematical Methods for Economists II	5
or these courses
MATH 11A	Calculus with Applications	5
MATH 11B	Calculus with Applications	5
MATH 22	Introduction to Calculus of Several Variables	5
or these courses
MATH 19A	Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics	5
MATH 19B	Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics	5
MATH 23A	Vector Calculus	5

Plus the following statistics courses:

STAT 17	Statistical Methods for Business and Economics	5
	AND
STAT 17L	Statistical Methods for Business and Economics Laboratory	2

Any transfer credit for STAT 17 & STAT 17L will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Students should contact the undergraduate advisors by emailing econ_ugrad_coor@ucsc.edu.

Upper-Division Courses

Choose one of the following courses:

ECON 100A	Intermediate Microeconomics	5
ECON 100M	Intermediate Microeconomics, Math Intensive	5

Plus one of the following courses:

ECON 100B	Intermediate Macroeconomics	5
ECON 100N	Intermediate Macroeconomics, Math Intensive	5

Plus the following course:

ECON 113

Introduction to Econometrics

Three additional upper-division economics electives.

Courses ECON 191, ECON 192, ECON 193, and ECON 193F may not be used to meet minor requirements.