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ECON-MIN - Economics (Minor)
Overview
Program Overview
The minor in Economics has two main goals: to acquaint students with the rudiments of micro- and macroeconomic theory that are required of all majors; and to allow students to build competence in the application of this theory to two fields of economics of their choosing, and the opportunity to specialize further in any one of these fields by taking one additional advanced course in the Department of Economics.
Students must complete their declaration of the minor no later than the last day of the preceding quarter before their degree conferral.
Free Form Requisites
Degree Requirements
At least 20 out of the 35 units for the minor must be taken at Stanford. Students must have completed all Stanford prerequisites for approved transfer credit courses to use those courses towards the Economics minor.
No courses receiving Department of Economics credit under the preceding requirements may be taken credit/no credit. The combined total of all units for the minor must equate to the grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (C) or better.
Course Requirements
Course List | ||
Units | ||
|---|---|---|
Core Courses | 20 | |
Principles of Economics | 5 | |
Economic Analysis I (Prerequisites: course and course or course or course) | 5 | |
Economic Analysis II (Prerequisite: course) | 5 | |
Economic Analysis III (Prerequisite: course) | 5 | |
Field Courses | 10 | |
Must be taken at Stanford in California | ||
Introduction to Statistical Methods (Postcalculus) for Social Scientists | 5 | |
Applied Econometrics | 5 | |
Advanced Topics in Econometrics | 5 | |
Econometric Methods for Public Policy Analysis and Business Decision-Making | 5 | |
Money and Banking | 5 | |
Financial Markets and Institutions: Recent Developments | 5 | |
Development Economics | 5 | |
Economic Development, Microfinance, and Social Networks | 5 | |
Economics of Health and Medical Care | 5 | |
or course | Foundations of Finance * Introduction to Financial Economics | 3 |
Market Design | 5 | |
Decision Modeling and Information | 5 | |
Economics of Education | 5 | |
The Economics of Labor Markets | 5 | |
The Modern Firm in Theory and Practice | 5 | |
Environmental Economics and Policy | 5 | |
Imperfect Competition | 5 | |
Regulatory Economics | 5 | |
Game Theory and Economic Applications ** | 5 | |
or course | Honors Game Theory** | |
International Finance | 5 | |
International Trade | 5 | |
Behavioral Economics | 5 | |
Experimental Economics | 5 | |
Junior Honors Seminar | 5 | |
Microeconomics I *** | 2-5 | |
Macroeconomics I *** | 2-5 | |
Electives | 5 | |
Select from: Any ECON courses offered for letter grades | ||
Total Units | 35 | |
* | Students may not count units from both courses towards their minor as the courses are too similar in content. |
** | Students may not count units from both courses towards their minor as the courses cover similar subject matter. |
*** | Students may enroll with the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the course instructor. |
Program Policies
External Credit Policies
Students scoring a 5 on both the advanced placement microeconomics and advanced placement macroeconomics exam may petition the Director of Undergraduate Studies to have the course Principles of Economics course requirement waived. Students do not receive units credit for placing out of course Principles of Economics and must make up the 5 units with another economics course taken for a letter grade.
To use transfer credit in partial satisfaction of the requirements, the student must obtain written consent from the department's Director of Undergraduate Study, who establishes the amount of credit to be granted toward the department requirements (see the Information Book for Undergraduate Economics Majors). Students must have completed all Stanford prerequisites for approved transfer credit courses to use those courses towards the Economics major. See the department's Transfer Credit website for additional information.
Course prerequisites are enforced. Students taking courses to satisfy prerequisites in another department or institution must petition for Stanford course substitution or transfer credit approval to satisfy course prerequisites.
Learning Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes
The minor in Economics has three main goals:
to acquaint students with the rudiments of micro and macroeconomic theory
to allow students to build basic competence in the application of this theory to two fields of economics of their choosing
the opportunity to specialize further in any one of these fields by taking one additional advanced course in the Department of Economics.