ECONOMICS
FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall:
ECON 205 or 206 or 200
MATH 120 or 201
Spring:
ECON 205 or 206
ECMG 212
MATH 201 or 202
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall:
ECON 305
Spring:
ECON 306
ECMG 212
NOTES:
1 ECON 200 is a four (4) credit course that combines material taught in ECON 205 and ECON 206. This course is only offered in the Fall semester. Pre-requisite for this course is MATH 120 (Pre-calculus math) or a Level III placement on Hood’s Basic Skills Inventory (BSI). Students who successfully complete ECON 200 with a C or better are waived out of ECON 205 and ECON 206.
2 ECMG 212, MATH 120 and 201 may be taken upon completion of MATH 099 or with Level III placement on BSI.
3 For students planning to pursue a PhD in economics, ECON 480 and MATH 201, 202, 207, 304, 339, 351, 333 and 453 are strongly recommended. Students planning to pursue a PhD in economics should be sure to take placement tests for some of these courses and to begin taking these courses as early as possible in their undergraduate years.
For students majoring in the International Economics, Economics 480, Econometrics, should be taken prior to the Senior Seminar (Economics 470). Students majoring in Political Economy are strongly urged to take, but are not required to take, Economics 480. If they do so, it should be taken prior to the Senior Seminar.
Economics majors who wish to study abroad in the junior year should keep this plan in mind when scheduling courses each semester. If they wish to study in a country where a foreign language is spoken, they must be sure to enroll in the appropriate language courses at Hood in the freshman and sophomore years.
Contact person: Dr. Sang W. Kim, Rosenstock 112, at 301-696-3693.
ECONOMICS
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS ENTERING HOOD IN 2010-2011
The major requires a minimum of 34-39 credits in economics at the 200-level or above; students may take a maximum of 60 credits including 100-level courses. All economics majors specialize in either INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS or POLITICAL ECONOMY. Participation in a study abroad semester/year or summer or an internship (ECON 399 – 3 credits) is strongly recommended for all economics majors.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
All majors must take the following core economics courses:
_____ ECON 200 Principles of Economics OR _____ ECON 205 Principles of Macroeconomics AND _____ ECON 206 Principles of Microeconomics
_____ ECON 305 Macroeconomic Analysis
_____ ECON 306 Microeconomic Analysis
_____ ECON 452 History of Economic Thought
_____ ECON 470 Senior Seminar
All majors must also take:
_____ ECMG 212 Statistics for Economics and Management
_____ MATH 201 Calculus I
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPECIALIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
In addition to the above core requirements, economics majors specializing in INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS must take the following:
_____ ECON 324 International Trade
_____ ECON 460 International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics
_____ ECON 480 Econometrics
And 9 credits from the following:
_____ ECMG 303 Principles of Finance and Investment
_____ ECON 310 Environmental Economics
_____ ECON 316 Game Theory
_____ ECON 317 Economics of Development
_____ ECON 320 Women in the World Economy
_____ ECON 326 Industrial Organization
_____ ECON 328 Labor Economics
_____ ECON 410 Public Economics
_____ ECPS 414 Environmental Policy
_____ ECMG 478 International Financial Management
_____ PSCI 303 Public Policy Analysis
POLITICAL ECONOMY
In addition to the above core requirements, economics majors specializing in POLITICAL ECONOMY must take the following:
_____ ECON 318 Comparative Market Economies
_____ ECON 326 Industrial Organization
_____ ECON 410 Public Economics And 9 credits from the following:
_____ ECON 310 Environmental Economics
_____ ECON 316 Game Theory
_____ ECON 317 Economics of Development
_____ ECON 319 Transitional Economics
_____ ECON 320 Women in the World Economy
_____ ECON 324 International Trade
_____ ECON 328 Labor Economics
_____ ECPS 414 Environmental Policy
_____ ECON 460 International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics
_____ ECON 480 Econometrics
_____ PSCI 303 Public Policy Analysis