Minor

Economics

School of Humanities & Sciences

Major
Minor

Overview

The minor in Economics opens in a new tab has two main goals:

To acquaint students with the rudiments of micro- and macroeconomic theory that are required of all majors
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.

Requirements

Program Requirements

Requirements Overivew

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 toward 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 minor units must equal the grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (C) or better.

Core Courses - Complete for a total of 20 units

Field Courses - Complete for a total of 10 units

Complete any of the following course(s):

Students may only count units from ECON 135, ECON 140, or ECON 141 toward their minor as the courses are too similar in content.
Students may not count units from ECON 160, ECON 167G, and ECON 180 toward their minor as the courses cover similar subject matter.
For ECON 202 or ECON 210, students may enroll with the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the course instructor.

Electives (at least 5 units)