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Economics BA/Mathematics, BS - Dual Degree

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

Program Requirements

  1. Students must complete a minimum of 72 hours with a minimum of 30 ECON credit hours and a minimum of 39 MATH credit hours.
  2. Students must complete a minimum of 27 upper division (3000-level and above) ECON credit hours and a minimum of 27 upper division (3000-level and above) MATH credit hours.
  3. Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all courses that apply to the majors and must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in ECON courses and a cumulative GPA of 2.25 in MATH courses. One ECON elective with a grade of D+, D, or D- will count towards major requirements. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to major requirements.
  4. Students must complete a minimum of 18 ECON credit hours including ECON 4811 Introduction to Econometrics, with CU Denver faculty.  Once a student has enrolled at CU Denver, no more courses in the major can be taken outside the CU Denver Economics Department.  This includes courses offered at Metropolitan State University.  The department reserves the right to require a demonstration of competence for any core courses not taken from CU Denver faculty. Additionally, the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences requires that at least 15 upper-division Mathematics credits must be taken at CU Denver.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

  1. In addition to the CLAS residence requirements, the Economics Department requires that all courses other than ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics and ECON 2022 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics require written department approval to be transferred in as satisfying major requirements.  
  2. A student who attempts the dual degree but who does not fulfill all requirements for the Mathematics BS will need to complete the requirements for the Economics BA as a stand-alone degree.  A Mathematics elective will substitute for one of the six economics electives only if all requirements of the Mathematics major are met. 
Complete one of the following programming requirements:3
Programming for Data Science
Fundamentals of Computing
and Fundamentals of Computing Laboratory
Complete all of the following Economics courses:15
Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Introduction to Econometrics
Complete all of the following Mathematics courses:30
Calculus I
Calculus II
Calculus III
Introduction to Abstract Mathematics
Applied Linear Algebra
Elementary Differential Equations
Introduction to Real Analysis I
Statistical Theory
Math Clinic
Complete a minimum of 15 elective credit hours in ECON15
Complete a minimum of 9 elective credit hours in MATH9
Total Hours72

Economics Electives

Complete six upper division level Economics elective courses or five Economics elective courses plus one Mathematics elective course from the list below.15
A minimum of four of these courses must be at the 4000-level.
ECON 3801 Introduction to Mathematical Economics and ECON 3811 Statistics with Computer Applications cannot be counted as electives.
One of the following approved Mathematics electives can be double counted as the sixth Economics elective.
Decision Making
Economics of Race and Gender
Economics of Crime and Punishment
Managerial Economics
Economics of Sex and Drugs
Issues in International Trade and Finance
Issues in Economic Development
Topics in Economics
Data Analysis with SAS
Special Economic Problems
History of Economic Thought
Money and Banking
Economic Forecasting
Public Finance
Economic Policy Analysis
Managerial Economics
Urban Economics
Financial Economics
International Trade
International Finance
Economic Growth
Economic Incentives
Economics of Natural Resources
Environmental Economics
Game Theory and Economic Applications
Labor Economics
Sports Economics
Health Economics.
Economics of Population and Growth
Industrial Organization
Development Economics
Advanced Econometric Methods
Introduction to Optimization
Introduction to Probability
Game Theory
Applied Regression Analysis
Numerical Analysis I
Partial Differential Equations

Mathematics Electives

Complete four upper-division level Mathematics elective courses or three Mathematics elective course plus one Economics elective course from the list of approved Economics electives below. 9
Excluding MATH 3041 Fundamental Math: Algebra, Probability and Data Analysis, MATH 3195 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, MATH 3511 Mathematics of Chemistry, MATH 3800 Probability and Statistics for Engineers, and MATH 4830 Applied Statistics.
One of the following approved Economics electives at the end of the list can be double counted as the fourth Mathematics elective.
Introduction to Optimization
Data Wrangling & Visualization
Introduction to Symbolic Logic
Introduction to Probability
History of Mathematics
Topics in Mathematics
Theory of Numbers
Introduction to Modern Algebra
Introduction to Real Analysis II
Intro to Statistical and Machine Learning
Applied Regression Analysis
Machine Learning Methods
Game Theory
Applied Graph Theory
Applied Combinatorics
Complex Variables
Numerical Analysis I
Numerical Analysis II
Partial Differential Equations
Probabilistic Modeling
Data Analysis with SAS
Money and Banking
Economic Forecasting
Financial Economics
Economic Growth
Game Theory and Economic Applications
Labor Economics
Industrial Organization
Advanced Econometric Methods

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