Undergraduate Program

Concentrating in Economics and SHASS

The Undergraduate Program in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Concentration Requirement

The concentration requirement for Economics consists of three subjects: 14.01 Principles of Microeconomics and/or 14.02 Principles of Macroeconomics, and one or two additional subjects chosen from the following:

14.03-Micro Theory and Public Policy
14.05-Intermediate Applied Macroeconomics
14.11-Topics in Economics (Not offered 12-13)
14.12-Economic Applications of Game Theory
14.13-Psychology and Economics (Prereq.:14.03/14.04)(Not offered 12-13)
14.15J-Networks
14.16-Strategy and Information (Prereq. 14.03/14.04)
14.19-Market Design (Prereq.: 14.04)
14.20-Industrial Organization & Competitive Strategy
14.21J-Health Economics
14.23-Government Regulation of Industry (Not offered 12-13)
14.27-Economics and E-Commerce (Prereq. 14.30 or 6.041)
14.41-Public Economics
14.42-Environmental Policy and Economics (Not offered 12-13)
14.43J-Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies
14.44-Energy Economics
14.51-Urban and Regional Economics
14.54-International Trade
14.64-Labor Economics and Public Policy (Not offered 12-13)
14.73-The Challenge of World Poverty
14.74-Foundations of Development Policy
14.75-Political Economy and Development

The following subjects are not acceptable:

14.30, 14.32, 14.70J, and 14.72.

Under no circumstances may a student complete a minor with fewer than six subjects. Any student who receives permission from the Economics Department to skip 14.01 and/or 14.02 and take a higher-level subject must take replacement subject(s) for 14.01/14.02.