This page is to be used as a planning tool. Your degree audit is the official record of degree requirements. Updated August 2023.
Economics BA Requirements
| MATH & Statistics Courses (11 s.h.) |
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| MATH:1350 Quantitative Reasoning for Business |
| STAT:1030 Statistics for Business |
| ECON:3300 Intro to Econometrics |
| Economic Theory Courses (14 s.h.) |
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| ECON:1100 Principles of Microeconomics |
| ECON:1200 Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ECON:3100 Intermediate Microeconomics |
| ECON:3150 Intermediate Macroeconomics |
| Applied Field Courses (15 s.h.) |
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| Students complete any five ECON courses numbered between 3325 and 3875 (excluding 3870 Federal Reserve Challenge). Three of the five courses must be taken at the University of Iowa. |
| ECON:3325 Personnel Economics | ECON:3620 Economic Growth and Development |
| ECON:3335 Money, Banking, and Financial Markets | ECON:3625 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics |
| ECON:3345 Global Economics and Business | ECON:3650 Policy Analysis |
| ECON:3350 Industry Analysis | ECON:3750 Transportation Economics |
| ECON:3355 Economic Business and Forecasting | ECON:3760 Health Economics |
| ECON:3360 Experimental Economics | ECON:3850 Behavioral Economics |
| ECON:3380 Business and Government | ECON:3875 Topics in Policy Economics |
| 4000 level ECON courses rotate frequently, for updated options consult the course list on MyUI. |
Economics BS Requirements
| MATH & Statistics Courses (15-17 s.h.) |
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| MATH:1850 Calculus I |
| MATH:1860 Calculus II |
| ECON:4800 Econometric Analysis |
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One of the following:
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| Economic Theory Courses (14 s.h.) |
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| ECON:1100 Principles of Microeconomics |
| ECON:1200 Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ECON:3125 Intermediate Microeconomics: Advanced |
| ECON:3150 Intermediate Macroeconomics |
| Applied Field Courses (12 s.h.) |
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| Students complete four ECON courses numbered between 3325 and 4700 (excluding 3870 Federal Reserve Challenge and 4050 Readings). At least two of the courses must be numbered above 4090. At least two of the four courses must be taken at Iowa. |
| ECON:3325 Personnel Economics | ECON:3620 Economic Growth and Development |
| ECON:3335 Money, Banking, and Financial Markets | ECON:3625 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics |
| ECON:3345 Global Economics and Business | ECON:3650 Policy Analysis |
| ECON:3350 Industry Analysis | ECON:3750 Transportation Economics |
| ECON:3355 Economic Business and Forecasting | ECON:3760 Health Economics |
| ECON:3360 Experimental Economics | ECON:3850 Behavioral Economics |
| ECON:3380 Business and Government | ECON:3875 Topics in Policy Economics |
| 4000 level ECON courses rotate frequently, for updated options consult the course list on MyUI. |