Program Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 40 ECON credit hours.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper division (3000-level and above) ECON credit hours.
3. Students must earn a minimum grade of C-(1.7) in all major courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
4. Students must complete a minimum of 33 ECON credit hours with CU Denver faculty.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

1. A minimum of 12 of the 18 upper division credit hours required must be completed with 4000 level and above courses.
2. One D- in one ECON elective is allowed.
3. Only courses taken at CU Denver will apply in the GPA calculation.
4. All courses other than ECON 2012 and ECON 2022 require written department approval to be transferred in as satisfying major requirements.
5. Any courses taken in Economics may satisfy the elective requirement, other than internships and independent studies which require the approval of the department chair.
6. (MATH 2411 - Calculus II or MATH 2421 - Calculus III with a grade of B or higher will satisfy the ECON 3801 requirement. If a student completes ECON 3801, and then subsequently or concurrently completes before completing MATH 2411, with a grade of B or higher, ECON 3801 will be counted as an Economics 3000-level elective but will not be used as an elective for evaluation of Honors. However, if a student has already completed MATH 2411 with a B or better, then ECON 3801 taken subsequently cannot be counted as an elective.)

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  Take all of the following required courses:

• ECON 2012 - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
• ECON 2022 - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
• ECON 3801 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics (See restrictions above)
• ECON 3811 - Statistics with Computer Applications
• ECON 4071 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
• ECON 4081 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
• ECON 4811 - Introduction to Econometrics

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  Take six three-credit hour courses in economics; four of them must be at the 4000-level. Any courses taken in Economics may satisfy this requirement, other than internships and independent studies which require the approval of the department chair.