Economics (BA) Honors Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Economics majors will be invited each term to participate in the Honors Track if they meet the following criteria:

Have declared Economics as their major (or second major).
Have completed ECO 305 and ECO 306 with a minimum grade of B- in each course.
Have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.300 in all economics courses taken at DePaul.

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
ECO 105	PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS	4
ECO 106	PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS	4
ECO 304	ANALYTICS FOR ECONOMICS	4
ECO 305	INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS (Minimum grade of B-)	4
ECO 306	INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS (Minimum grade of B-)	4
ECO 315	INTRODUCTION TO MONEY AND BANKING	4
Select either ECO 376 or ECO 377:
ECO 376	TIME SERIES ANALYSIS	4
ECO 377	ECONOMIC ANALYTICS USING SAS & R	4
Select one advanced economics elective. Students must earn a minimum grade of B-. Current courses meeting this requirement are: ¹		4
ECO 313	MARKET STRUCTURE AND REGULATION OF BUSINESS
ECO 314	ECONOMICS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR
ECO 340	DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
ECO 341	BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
ECO 359	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECO 376	TIME SERIES ANALYSIS (If not used above)
ECO 377	ECONOMIC ANALYTICS USING SAS & R (If not used above)
ECO 379	GAME THEORY
Any other ECO course that carries a prerequisite of ECO 305, ECO 306 or ECO 304
Select five additional 300-level or higher Economics courses		20
MAT 135	BUSINESS CALCULUS I	4
MAT 137	BUSINESS STATISTICS (or an equivalent statistics course approved by an Economics advisor)	4

¹: Advanced economics elective (an ECO course that carries a prerequisite of ECO 305, ECO 306, or ECO 304). This requirement must be satisfied with a course taken at DePaul.

MAT 150 may be substituted for MAT 135 .

ECO 101, ECO 250, ECO 393, and ECO 395 may not be used as Economics Electives towards a major or minor in Economics.

Honors Track students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.300 (B+ average) in all economics courses taken at DePaul.
Honors Track students must submit a paper written for any economics class that meets the following criteria:
1. the student earned a B+ or better on the paper;
2. the paper contained a literature review based on at least 5 sources; and
3. the paper was at least 10 pages OR used econometrics.
4. the paper was sole-authored
  This requirement must be satisfied using a paper from a course taken at DePaul. Students should contact the Director of the Undergraduate Economics Program for submission guidelines.