Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Overview and Supporting Courses

Introduction to College
Complete one of the following:
ECON 1000Economics at Northeastern1
or PHIL 1000 Philosophy at Northeastern
Supporting Courses
MATH 1231Calculus for Business and Economics (It is highly recommended that students who take MATH 1231 take sections devoted to ECON students only.)4
or MATH 1241 Calculus 1
or MATH 1245 Calculus with Applications
or MATH 1340 Intensive Calculus for Engineers
or MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Economics Requirements

Required Economics Courses
ECON 1115Principles of Macroeconomics4
ECON 1116Principles of Microeconomics4
ECON 2315Macroeconomic Theory4
ECON 2316Microeconomic Theory4
ECON 2350Statistics for Economists4
ECON 2560Applied Econometrics4
ECON 3520History of Economic Thought4
Economics Electives
Complete two ECON elective courses from the following ranges with no more than one in the ECON 1200 to 1999 range. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core ECON courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs. Additionally, ECON 3520 may not be used as an ECON elective:8
ECON 1200 to ECON 1999
ECON 2990 to ECON 3559
ECON 3561 to ECON 4689
ECON 4900 to ECON 4999
ECON 5200 to ECON 5999

Philosophy Requirements

Philosophy Required Courses
PHIL 1115Introduction to Logic4
PHIL 2325Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought4
PHIL 2330Modern Philosophy4
Advanced Philosophy Elective
Complete one PHIL course with a designation of 3000 or above not used to satisfy another requirement.4
Critical Philosophy Elective
Complete one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement:4
AFCS 1101
Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
PHIL 1104
Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
PHIL 1271
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
PHIL 2155
Human Rights
PHIL 2410
Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
PHIL 2619
Race and Religion in Film
PHIL 3492
Indigenous Philosophy
PHIL 3500
Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
PHIL 3512
Religion, Race, and Politics
PHIL 3822
Philosophy of Race and Racism
Additional Electives
Complete two additional electives in philosophy or religion. At least one must be numbered 2000 or above.8

Integrative Requirements

Complete the capstone and one of the other courses listed below that has not been used in the above requirements.
Capstone
PHIL 4550Philosophy of Economics4
or PHIL 5001 Global Justice
or PHIL 5002 Ethics and Public Policy
Complete one additional integrative course not used to satisfy other requirements:
PHIL 2001Ethics and Evolutionary Games4
or PHIL 3435 Moral Philosophy
or PHIL 4500 Theory of Knowledge
or PHIL 4510 Philosophy of Science
or PHIL 5001 Global Justice
or PHIL 5002 Ethics and Public Policy

Major GPA/Credit Requirement

Complete 76 semester hours in the major.

Grades in the following courses must average to a minimum of C (2.000):

ECON 2315
Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 2316
Microeconomic Theory
ECON 2350
Statistics for Economists
ECON 2560
Applied Econometrics

Experiential Liberal Arts

All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required