International Economics

The major in International Economics provides students with tools to understand the contemporary world. Through rigorous training in different theoretical approaches and empirical techniques, students will develop critical, analytical, and empirical insight into current economic issues. The constantly increasing mobility of people and resources in a world of rapid technological progress requires a greater knowledge and understanding of the differences among cultures and economic systems that persist even in a highly integrated world. Therefore, a primary focus of this major is on economic policy issues and economic institutions.

Economics is only one lens through which to examine societal problems and so the department maintains an interdisciplinary approach on a variety of issues, while laying the groundwork for a reflective, ethical, and global understanding of the subject area. The menu of courses exposes students to a variety of theories through the recognition of economics as a contested and evolving discipline, and through an appreciation of the institutionally based nature of the market system.

This major prepares students for careers in teaching, banking, business strategy, public policy, law and management, consulting, media, non-governmental and international organizations, as well as providing a solid foundation for graduate studies.

Not open to majors in International Economics with an emphasis in Political Economy

Major Requirements (45 Credits)

Lower-level Requirements (21 credits)

ECN 100Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECN 101Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECN 204History of Economic Thought

3

ECN 225Issues and Controversies in Macroeconomics (Intermediate Macroeconomics)

3

ECN 256Managerial Economics (Intermediate Microeconomics)

3

MAT 200Calculus

3

MAT 201Introduction to Statistics

3

Upper-level Requirements (24 credits)

ECN 303Development Economics

3

ECN 325Money, Banking and Financial Markets

3

ECN 328International Banking and Finance

3

ECN 341International Trade

3

Four of the following:

ECN 305Economics of the European Union

3

ECN 320Game Theory, Information, and Contracts

3

ECN 330TNeo-liberal India: Globalization and Development

3

ECN 331TSustainable Economic Development

3

ECN 350Industrial Economics

3

ECN 355Political Economy: Theories and Issues

3

ECN 387Introduction to Econometrics

3

ECN 490Senior Research Project in International Economics

3

ECN 492Internship in International Economics

3

ECN 497Research Seminar in Economics and Finance

3

Note: ECN 490, ECN 492 and ECN 497 require department permission.