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Minor in Economics

The Undergraduate Economics Program offers an minor in Economics to students who wish to add a focus in economics onto their primary course of study. Students who are take economics courses as part of their major/minor curricula may need to take additional courses so that double counting of courses does not occur.   Careful planning is needed because there are many sequenced core courses. Interested students are urged to plan out their four years with their primary advisor and economics advisor.

The requirements for a minor in Economics consist of mathematics requirements, statistics requirements, and the six economics courses listed below. Students who are take economics courses as part of their major/minor curricula may need to take additional courses so that double counting of courses does not occur. The curriculum listed below is the most recent;   students are responsible for meeting the requirements listed in the Carnegie Mellon Course Catalogue of their entering year.

Mathematical Requirements
21-120:   Differential/Integral Calculus
and 
Choose one:
21-256:   Multivariate Analysis and Approximation
21-259:   Calculus in Three Dimensions

19 Units
10 units

 9 units
 9 units

Statistics Requirement
Choose one:
36-201:   Introduction to Statistical Methods
36-207:   Probability and Statistics for Business Applications
36-217:   Probability Theory and Random Processes
36-220:   Engineering Statistics and Quality Control
36-225:   Introduction to Probability and Statistics I
36-310:   Fundamentals of Statistical Modeling
73-207:   Probability Theory for Economists
and
Choose one:
36-202:   Statistical Methods
36-208:   Regression Analysis
36-228:   Introduction to Probability and Statistics II
73-226:   Quantitative Economic Analysis
88-250:   Regression Methods in the Social Sciences

18 Units

 9 units
 9 units
 9 units
 9 units
 9 units
9 units
9 units
 
 
9 units
 9 units
 9 units
 9 units
9 units

Economics Requirements
73-100:   Principles of Economics
73-150:   Microeconomics
73-200:   Macroeconomics
73-xxx:   Advanced Economic Electivesa
73-xxx:   Advanced Economic Electivesa
73-xxx:   Advanced Economic Electivesa

a Advanced Economic Electives are those courses numbered 73-300 through 73-495.

54 Units
 9 units
 9 units
 9 units
 9 units
 9 units
 9 units

 

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