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Economics, Policy and Law Option (120 Credits)
Certification Requirement:
- Completion of at least 24 semester hours of coursework.
- Minimum WSU cumulative GPA of 2.0.
- To maintain certification, a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in ECONS 301, 302, and 311 is required.
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]1 | 3 or 4 |
ECONS 101 [SSCI] or 102 [SSCI] | 3 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
MATH 2012 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ECONS 101 or 102 | 3 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
MATH 202 [QUAN]2 | 3 |
PHIL 103 [HUM] | 3 |
Physical Sciences [PSCI] or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]1 | 4 or 3 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
COM 102 [COMM], 210 [COMM], or H D 205 | 3 or 4 |
ECONS 301 | 3 |
Policy or Law Emphasis Course3 | 3 |
Electives | 5 |
Second Term | Credits |
300-400-level ECONS Electives4 | 6 |
ECONS 302 | 3 |
STAT 212 or MGTOP 215 | 4 |
Electives | 2 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ECONS 311 [M] | 3 |
ECONS 320 | 3 |
ECONS 322 [M] | 3 |
ECONS 323, 324, or 330 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
Policy or Law Emphasis Courses3 | 6 |
Electives | 6 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ECONS 431 | 3 |
ECONS 483, 495, 497, 499, or HONORS 450 | 3 |
ECONS Option Course5 | 3 |
ENGLISH 301, 402 [M], or 403 [M] | 3 |
Policy or Law Emphasis Course3 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ECONS 400-level Elective | 3 |
ECONS 420 | 3 |
ECONS 490 [CAPS] [M] | 3 |
ECONS Option Course5 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Footnotes
1 | For a total of 7 credits—one Biological Science [BSCI] and one Physical Science [PSCI] course, including one lab course, or 8 credits of [SCI] designated courses. (SCIENCE 101 [SCI] is offered Fall semester and is a prerequisite for SCIENCE 102 [SCI], which is offered Spring semester.) |
2 | Alternative to MATH 202 is MATH 171. |
3 | Policy or Law Emphasis course selection: (1) Policy: ECONS 430, POL S 316, 416, and PHIL 472 [M]; (2) Law: POL S 300; one of PHIL 360, 365, or 370; and two of PHIL 201, POL S 101, 206, 402, 404 [M], or CRM J 320 |
4 | ECONS courses not used to fulfill major requirement. |
5 | ECONS Option Courses: ECONS 424, 425, 427, or 451 |
- Economic Sciences
Courses
- Economic Sciences
Schedules of Studies
- Agricultural Economics
- Business Economics
- Economics, Policy and Law
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- Financial Markets
- International Economics and Development
- Quantitative Economics
Minors
- Agribusiness Economics
- Business Economics
- Economics
- Environmental and Resource Economics and Management
- Sustainable Development