Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences · major
Economics B.A. requirements
Explore the reviewed Economics B.A. major at Boston College, organized by requirement and course.
Required economics courses
Required for the program.
Microeconomic Theory option
Choose from these approved options.
Macroeconomic Theory option
Choose from these approved options.
Economics elective options
Choose from these approved options.
- ECON2220 Behavioral Economics
- ECON2242 Public Policy in an Aging Society
- ECON2243 Financial Literacy: Making Informed Personal Financial Decisions
- ECON2244 From Service to Economic Analysis
- ECON2246 Impact of News on Financial Markets
- ECON2269 Aspects of Economic Growth
- ECON3242 Economics of Aging
- ECON3308 Game Theory in Economics
- ECON3309 Game Theory and Social Behavior
- ECON3312 Evolutionary Economics
- ECON3317 Economics of Inequality
- ECON3324 Money and Financial Markets
- ECON3327 Financial Econometrics
- ECON3339 Applying Economic Theory in the Practice of Law
- ECON3340 Labor Economics
- ECON3362 Economics of Health Insurance
- ECON3363 Micro Public Policy Analysis
- ECON3364 Economics and Policy of Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy
- ECON3365 Public Finance
- ECON3366 Connecting Sellers and Buyers in Decentralized Markets: An Analysis of Labor, Transportation, and Sharing Platforms
- ECON3371 International Trade
- ECON3372 International Finance
- ECON3374 Development Economics and Policy
- ECON3376 International Economic Relations
- ECON3379 Financial Economics
- ECON3385 Health Economics
- ECON3389 Machine Learning for Economics
- ECON3393 Computational Methods in Macroeconomics
- ECON3700 Mathematical Economics
- ECON2000 The State of Affordable Housing in the States
- ECON2216 Real Estate Colloquium II
- ECON2299 Independent Study
- ECON2715 Economics of International Migration
- ECON3399 Independent Study
- ECON2207 The Global Economy
- ECON2208 Economic Justice: A Catholic Approach
- ECON2277 Environmental Economics and Policy
- ECON2278 Environmental Economics
- ECON2289 Which is Better? An Economic Comparison of Health Care in France, the U.K., and the U.S.
- ECON2713 Global Horizons beyond Boston College: Integrating Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good
- ECON3000 Economics of Discrimination
- ECON3303 Economics of the Family
- ECON3305 Market Design
- ECON3326 Experimental Economics
- ECON3331 Distributive Justice
- ECON3353 Industrial Organization - Firms, Competition, and Strategy
- ECON3356 Industrial Organization for Business Decisions
- ECON3370 Topics in Applied Econometrics
- ECON3373 Impact Evaluation in Developing Countries
- ECON3375 Economic Growth and Development
- ECON3391 Economics of Energy and the Environment
- ECON3396 Quasi-Experimental Energy and Environmental Economics
- ECON3397 Macroeconomics of Inequality
- ECON3398 Economics and Defense
- ECON3712 History of Economic Thought
- ECON2200 Real Estate Colloquium: Leadership & Innovation in Real Estate
- ECON2215 Exchange and Values: Stories and Measures of Inequality
- ECON2217 Real Estate and Urban Action: Transforming Communities and Increasing Access to Opportunity
- ECON2219 Exchange and Values: Theories and Measures of Inequality
- ECON2250 Community Development & the Evolution of Place-Making
- ECON2862 Comparative Economic Systems
- ECON2876 Development and Social Justice in Korea
- ECON3351 Pricing and Strategy
- ECON3360 Economics and Computation
- ECON3394 Urban Economics
Source and limitations
Requirements sourced from Boston College University Catalog — Economics.
Applies to the Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year cohort.
72 courses across 4 requirement groups.
Requirement eligibility varies by school, cohort, and section. Confirm every degree requirement in EagleApps or with an advisor.