Dec 01, 2024  
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Economics BA


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Introduction

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These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

Program Delivery

  •   This is an on-campus program.

Declaring This Major

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General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

Program Requirements


  1. Students must complete a minimum of 40 semester hours in Economics.
  2. The minimum grade in each CU Denver economics course is a C- (1.7), except that one D- in one economics elective is allowed.
  3. A GPA of 2.5 in economics courses taken at CU Denver is required to graduate.
  4. No pass/fail grades may count toward a major.
  5. All courses other than ECON 2012 and ECON 2022 require written department approval to be transferred in as satisfying major requirements.
  6. Graduating seniors must submit the three best papers that the student wrote in any three separate courses taken in the Economics Department for the outcomes assessment of the Economics program.  The three papers should be handed in at one time in a folder to the Economics office, before the first day of the month in which the student plans to graduate.

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