Economics Minor

Course Requirements

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

Lower-Division Courses

Take these courses

ECON 1Introductory Microeconomics: Resource Allocation and Market Structure

5

ECON 2Introductory 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 11ACalculus with Applications

5

MATH 11BCalculus with Applications

5

MATH 22Introduction to Calculus of Several Variables

5

or these courses

MATH 19ACalculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

5

MATH 19BCalculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

5

MATH 23AVector Calculus

5

Plus the following statistics courses:

STAT 17Statistical Methods for Business and Economics

5

AND

STAT 17LStatistical 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 100AIntermediate Microeconomics

5

ECON 100MIntermediate Microeconomics, Math Intensive

5

Plus one of the following courses:

ECON 100BIntermediate Macroeconomics

5

ECON 100NIntermediate Macroeconomics, Math Intensive

5

Plus the following course:

ECON 113Introduction to Econometrics

5

Three additional upper-division economics electives.

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