2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Economics, B.A.


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(36 credit hours)

Economics is a broad discipline covering topics small and large. At Sweet Briar we define economics as the study of how people, businesses, and countries use scarce resources and respond to incentives to make decisions. Economics isn’t all about stocks, bonds, and financial markets! Economics helps us understand historical trends, interpret today’s headlines, and make predictions about the coming years.


What Can You Do With a Degree in Economics?


~ Finance & Banking

~ Think Tank or NGO Work

~ Politics or Law

~ Consulting

~ Academia

~ Corporate Work

Required Courses


The following requirements are needed to complete the major in Economics (36 hours):

Mathematics


Take one of the following (3 hours):

Upper-level ECON Electives


Choose 2 additional 3-credit economics electives, one at the 200-level and one at the 300-level (6 hours):

Senior Exercise


Generally taken in the last semester of the senior year (3 hours):

Note(s):


For the major in economics, the P/CR/NC grading option may not be exercised for any course which could count toward the major, with the exception of ECON 261 , ECON 361 , and ECON 461 . Additional information about the P/CR/NC grading option is available under the Academic Policies and Procedures  heading in this catalog.

Interested in Graduate/Professional Programs?


If you are interested in pursuing graduate or professional programs in economics, the following courses are recommended as part of or in addition to the requirements listed above:

Interested in Political Economy?


If you are looking to focus on political economy, the following courses are recommended as part of or in addition to the requirements listed above:

Interested in Business?


If you are looking to focus on business, the following courses are recommended as part of or in addition to the requirements listed above:

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