Economics Minor

Location(s): Main Campus

To declare a minor in economics, students must have completed 60 credits and have an overall GPA of 3.0.

Requirements

Departmental requirements for a minor in economics are seven full courses distributed as listed below. At least four of the courses must be taken at Binghamton University:

ECON 160 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 162 - Principles Of Macroeconomics
MATH 220 - Calculus For Business & Mgmt OR
MATH 224 - Differential Calculus AND
MATH 225 - Integral Calculus
ECON 360 - Microeconomic Theory
ECON 366 - Statistical Methods OR any of the following;
MATH 147 - Elementary Statistics
MATH 448 - Mathematical Statistics
CQS 112 - Statistics For Management or one full course in statistics from approved list (see department website).
Any two full courses in economics in addition to the above five, at least one of which must be chosen from courses numbered 400-489

Notes:

At least four of the courses in the student’s minor program must be in addition to those counted toward fulfilling the requirements for the student’s major(s) and/or other minor(s).

Therefore, students whose major/minor requirements in other fields include more than three of the courses listed above will need to substitute additional 300+ level economics elective courses to meet the requirements for the economics minor.