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Economics (B.A.)

Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 120 semester hours

Major (See footnote 1)

Semester Hours required for the Economics Major: 30聽semester hours

Graduation from this program requires at least a "C" in each of Economics 3972 (or Mathematics 3702), 4689, 3801, and 3802, whether the course or its equivalent is taken at Eastern or at another school.聽

The Economics major comprises:

27 Hours in Economics Courses (See footnote 2)

27 hours in聽Economic courses including聽the following required coursework:

ECN 2801
Principles of Macroeconomics.  (3 credits)

OR

ECN 2891
Principles of Macroeconomics, Honors.  (3 credits)
ECN 2802
Principles of Microeconomics.  (3 credits)

OR

ECN 2892
Principles of Microeconomics, Honors.  (3 credits)
ECN 3972
Basic Econometrics.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 3)

ECN 3801
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory.  (3 credits)
ECN 3802
Intermediate Microeconomics.  (3 credits)
ECN 4689
Economics Research Capstone.  (3 credits)

3 Semester Hours in the Following Business Classes:

BUS 2810
Business Statistics I.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 4)

Footnotes:

(Major GPA based on all economics courses taken at EIU.)

1Mathematics 1441G, 2550, 3701, and 3702 are recommended for those students who wish to enter Ph.D. programs in Economics. It is also strongly recommended that prospective Ph.D. students complete the entire calculus sequence by following Mathematics 1441G with Mathematics 2442 and 2443 which are the prerequisites for Mathematics 3701 and 3702, as well as the differential equations sequence, Mathematics 3501 and 3502.

2Substitution of Mathematics 3702 or other equivalent courses for Economics 3972 counts towards聽the聽33聽semester hours required in Economics courses.聽

3聽Or Mathematics 3702.

4听Or Mathematics 2250 or Mathematics 3701 or other equivalent course subject to Economics Department approval.

Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.

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