Please note, these concentrations represent suggested guides to a potential path through the economics major. Students need not “declare” a concentration, and a chosen concentration will not appear on any transcripts or graduation material. They are intended to be useful in helping select classes that will most likely match student interests.

Given the breadth of a degree in Economics, students have the opportunity to choose one or more professional concentrations that are consistent with their career goals. Suggested course work for seven professional concentrations is described below. Sample programs for each concentration, descriptions of career possibilities, and recommendations for additional preparation are available in the Academic Support Office or with any Economics Advisor.

 

Business Economics—Banking and Finance

1. Complete major requirements including:
   1. Money and Banking (EC 370) or Monetary Policy (EC 470)
   2. Issues in Industrial Organization (EC 360) or Theories of Industrial Organization (EC 460) or Multinational Corporations (EC 484)
   3. International Economic Issues (EC 380) or International Finance (EC 480) or International Trade (EC 481)
2. Suggested minor or approved equivalent in business administration

 

Business Economics—Management, Marketing, and Accounting

1. Complete major requirements including:
   1. Labor Market Issues (EC 350) or Labor Economics (EC 450)
   2. Urban and Regional Economics (EC 430) or Economy of the Pacific Northwest (EC 432) or Public Economics (EC 440)
   3. Issues in Industrial Organization (EC 360) or Theories of Industrial Organization (EC 460) or Multinational Corporations (EC 484)
2. Suggested minor or approved equivalent in business administration

 

Economics and Public Policy and Administration

1. Complete major requirements including:
   1. Issues in Public Economics (EC 340) or Public Economics (EC 440)
   2. Urban and Regional Economics (EC 430) or Economy of the Pacific Northwest (EC 432)
   3. Issues in Industrial Organization (EC 360) or Theories of Industrial Organization (EC 460) or Multinational Corporations (EC 484)
   4. Labor Market Issues (EC 350) or Labor Economics (EC 450)
2. Suggested minor or equivalent in political science or planning, public policy and management

 

Environmental Economics

1. Complete major requirements including:
   1. Resource and Environmental Economic Issues (EC 333) or Environmental Economics (EC 433)
   2. Issues in Public Economics (EC 340) or Public Economics (EC 440)
   3. Issues in Industrial Organization (EC 360) or Theories of Industrial Organization (EC 460)
2. Suggested minor in environmental studies or an approved equivalent

 

Graduate Preparation in Economics and Mathematical Economics

1. Complete major requirements including:
   1. Advanced Microeconomic Theory (EC 411) and Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (EC 413)
   2. Calculus I, II (MATH 251, 252 or 261, 262)
   3. Econometrics (EC 423, 424)
   4. Games and Decisions (EC 427) or Behavioral and Experimental Economics (EC 428)
2. Suggested minor in mathematics

 

International and Development Economics

1. Complete major requirements including:
   1. International Finance (EC 480) and International Trade (EC 481)
   2. Problems and Issues in the Developing Economies (EC 390) or Economic Growth and Development (EC 490) or Issues in Economic Growth and Development (EC 491)
   3. Issues in Industrial Organization (EC 360) or Theories of Industrial Organization (EC 460) or Multinational Corporations (EC 484)
   4. Money and Banking (EC 370) or Monetary Policy (EC 470)
2. Suggested minor or the equivalent in business administration, political science, history, international studies, or an area studies program

 

Law and Economics and Political Economy

1. Complete major requirements including:
   1. Issues in Public Economics (EC 340) or Public Economics (EC 440)
   2. Labor Market Issues (EC 350) or Labor Economics (EC 450)
   3. Issues in Industrial Organization (EC 360) or Theories of Industrial Organization (EC 460) or Multinational Corporations (EC 484)
   4. International Economic Issues (EC 380) or International Trade (EC 481)
   5. Games and Decisions (EC 427)
2. Suggested minor or equivalent in political science