Undergraduate Programs
Major in Economics
Typical Program of Study
Freshman Year
| Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
| Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
| Total Credits: |
16.5 |
Total Credits: |
16 |
| ENGL 150: Critical Thinking |
3 |
Social Science Choice |
3 |
| LIB 160: Library Instruction |
0.5 |
ECON 102: Principles of Macroeconomic |
3 |
| ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
ECON 207: Applied Economic Optimization* |
4 |
| MATH 160: Survey of Calculus* |
4 |
Arts/ Humanities Choice |
3 |
| Arts/Humanities Choice |
3 |
Natural Science Choice |
3 |
| Natural Science Choice |
3 |
|
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*Calculus I (MATH 165) and Calculus II (MATH 166) may be substituted for MATH 160 and Econ 207.
Sophomore Year
| Semester 3 |
Semester 4 |
| Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
| Total Credits: |
16-17 |
Total Credits : |
17 |
| ECON 301: Intermediate Microeconomics |
3 |
ECON 302: Intermediate Macroeconomics |
3 |
| STAT 226: Introduction to Business Statistics I |
3 |
STAT 326: Introduction to Business Statistics II |
3 |
| ENGL 250: Written Composition |
3 |
Elective or Foreign Language |
4 |
| Arts/Humanities Choice |
3 |
Social Science Choice |
3 |
| Elective or Foreign Language |
3-4 |
COM S 103: Computer Applications |
4 |
Junior Year
| Semester 5 |
Semester 6 |
| Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
| Total Credits: |
14 |
Total Credits: |
14 |
| ECON 371: Introductory Econometrics |
4 |
Economics Choice - 300/400 Level |
3 |
| Electives |
5 |
Electives |
8 |
| Economics Choice - 300/400 Level |
3 |
Social Science Choice |
3 |
| Natural Science Choice |
3 |
|
|
Senior Year
| Semester 7 |
Semester 8 |
| Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
| Total Credits: |
13 |
Total Credits : |
13 |
| Economics Choice - 400 Level |
3 |
ECON 492: Senior Seminar |
R |
| ENGL 314: Technical Communication |
3 |
Economics Choice - 300/400 Level |
3 |
| Arts/Humanities Choice |
3 |
Electives |
10 |
| Electives |
4 |
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Students in all ISU majors must complete a three-credit course in U.S. diversity and a three-credit course in international perspectives. Check the Office of the Registrar's U.S. Diversity/International Requirements guidelines for a list of approved courses. Discuss with your adviser how the two courses that you select can be applied to your graduation plan. LAS majors require a minimum of 124.5 credits, including a minimum of 45 credits at the 300/400 level. Three of the required 45 300+ level credits must be earned in a general education group outside the group of the major. You must also complete the LAS foreign language requirement and any high school unmet admission requirements.