Current Majors
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
To graduate in economics, all students must complete the following courses:
- Math 1A-1B or 16A-B (or equivalent)
- Stat 20, 21, 25 or any upper division Stat course
- Econ 1 or 2 (or equivalent)
- Econ 100A and 100B or Econ 101A and 101B (or equivalents)
- Econ 140 or 141
- Five upper division electives courses taken within the Economics Department at UC Berkeley or coursework from other sources approved by the Economics Department, preferably in advance.
The honors thesis course, H195B, if taken for three units and a letter grade, may be counted as one of the major electives. All major courses must be taken for a letter grade.
Students completing double majors or simultaneous degrees are only allowed to overlap a maximum of two courses. This includes micro and/or macro economics.
Students can take no more than two courses from outside the Economics Department at Berkeley to count towards the upper division requirements of the Economics Major.