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As an economics major, you will broaden your professional horizons and learn the tools required to pursue a career or an advanced degree in economics or a related discipline. You will focus on one of the following areas: enterprise and public policy, international economics, financial economics, political economics, or economic analysis. The economics program also offers you the flexibility to specialize in a field in economics or to complete a minor while pursuing a specialization in business, accounting, or a major outside the Economics Department.
A bachelor’s degree in economics prepares you for a variety of careers. You may obtain positions in areas such as business management, finance, or law, in addition to economics.
The program information listed here reflects the approved curriculum for the 2024–25 academic year per the Brooklyn College Bulletin. Bulletins from past academic years can be found here.
The B.A. degree program in economics allows students to choose from three tracks: financial and international economics, urban economics and public policy, and economic analysis. The B.A. in economics develops critical thinking and communication skills that come with a liberal arts degree, rather than specific skills and knowledge useful to businesses. By combining liberal arts critical thinking skills with analytical skills, a B.A. prepares students for a broad range of private and public sector careers as well as for graduate study.
The department chair may allow substitutions for one or more of these requirements consistent with the educational goals of the program.
Students considering graduate work in economics are strongly encouraged to take Economics 4422 and the Economic Analysis concentration.
Students must achieve a grade of C- or better in each course submitted in satisfaction of Department requirements A, B, C, D, and E, and an average grade of C for courses satisfying said major requirements.
Note: Only courses submitted in fulfillment of requirements B, C, D, and E qualify as “advanced courses” in Economics.
Writing-Intensive Requirement: Students are required to take at least one writing-intensive course (W course).
Candidates for a bachelor’s degree are required to complete at least 30 credits at Brooklyn College, including no fewer than 15 credits in advanced courses in the major department, which must be completed with a grade of C or higher in each course.
To help you pursue your studies in the most efficient manner, and to maximize your efforts to graduate in four years, Brooklyn College has created four-year degree maps for all its majors.
View degree maps for this major and others.
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Economics 3102 and 3202, one of which can be used to satisfy requirement C.
Any three economics courses from the financial and international economics or urban economics and public policy concentrations.
Any four courses from Economics 3320, 3332, 3342, 3352, 3362, 3370, 3375, 3378, 4102, 5102, 5112, 5302, 5312, 5322, 5402, 5602.
Any four courses from Economics 3154, 3212, 3222, 3232, 3242, 3252, 3253, 3254, 5202, 5212, 5222, 5402, 5602.
Brooklyn College is an integral part of the cultural and artistic energy of New York City. Our faculty members in the Department of Economics offer incomparable expertise and tremendous talent, and each brings a unique perspective to their teaching and mentoring in and out of the classroom.
Through job fairs, the internship database, and internship panels, the Magner Career Center gives students in the economics B.A. program access to career opportunities at a wide variety of employers, including:
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