Economics and Philosophy, BS (Boston)

Overview and Supporting Courses

Introduction to College

Complete one of the following:

1. ECON 1000

   Economics at Northeastern

   or: PHIL 1000 Philosophy at Northeastern
   1

Supporting Courses

1. MATH 1231

   Calculus for Business and Economics

   As published: “Calculus for Business and Economics (It is highly recommended that students who take MATH 1231 take sections devoted to ECON students only.)”

   or: MATH 1241 Calculus 1

   or: MATH 1245 Calculus with Applications

   or: MATH 1340 Intensive Calculus for Engineers

   or: MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
   4

Economics Requirements

Required Economics Courses

1. ECON 1115

   Principles of Macroeconomics
   4
2. ECON 1116

   Principles of Microeconomics
   4
3. ECON 2315

   Macroeconomic Theory
   4
4. ECON 2316

   Microeconomic Theory
   4
5. ECON 2350

   Statistics for Economists
   4
6. ECON 2560

   Applied Econometrics
   4
7. ECON 3520

   History of Economic Thought
   4

Economics Electives

1. Complete two ECON elective courses from the following ranges with no more than one in the ECON 1200 to 1999 range. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core ECON courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs. Additionally, ECON 3520 may not be used as an ECON elective:

   Not resolved to a course
   8

ECON 1200 to ECON 1999

ECON 2990 to ECON 3559

ECON 3561 to ECON 4689

ECON 4900 to ECON 4999

ECON 5200 to ECON 5999

Philosophy Requirements

Philosophy Required Courses

1. PHIL 1115

   4 Foreign Language

   As published: “Introduction to Logic”
   4
2. PHIL 2325

   Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
   4
3. PHIL 2330

   Modern Philosophy
   4

Advanced Philosophy Elective

1. Complete one PHIL course with a designation of 3000 or above not used to satisfy another requirement.

   Not resolved to a course
   4

Critical Philosophy Elective

1. Complete one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. AFCS 1101

   Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
   4
3. PHIL 1104

   Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
4. PHIL 1271

   Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
5. PHIL 2155

   Human Rights
6. PHIL 2410

   Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions

   As published: “Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions”
   4
7. PHIL 2619

   Race and Religion in Film

   Not resolved to a course
8. PHIL 3492

   Indigenous Philosophy

   Not resolved to a course
9. PHIL 3500

   Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
10. PHIL 3512

    Religion, Race, and Politics

    Not resolved to a course
11. PHIL 3822

    Philosophy of Race and Racism

Additional Electives

1. Complete two additional electives in philosophy or religion. At least one must be numbered 2000 or above.

   Not resolved to a course
   8

Integrative Requirements

Complete the capstone and one of the other courses listed below that has not been used in the above requirements.

Capstone

1. PHIL 4550

   Philosophy of Economics

   or: PHIL 5001 Global Justice

   or: PHIL 5002 Ethics and Public Policy
   4

Complete one additional integrative course not used to satisfy other requirements:

1. PHIL 2001

   Ethics and Evolutionary Games

   or: PHIL 3435 Moral Philosophy

   or: PHIL 4500 Theory of Knowledge

   or: PHIL 4510 Philosophy of Science

   or: PHIL 5001 Global Justice

   or: PHIL 5002 Ethics and Public Policy
   4

Major GPA/Credit Requirement

1. ECON 2315

   Macroeconomic Theory
   4
2. ECON 2316

   Microeconomic Theory
   4
3. ECON 2350

   Statistics for Economists
   4
4. ECON 2560

   Applied Econometrics
   4