Requirements for Majors and Minors

Goals for the Major

In successfully completing a major in Economics, a student will be able to:

• gain access to existing economic knowledge.
• display command of existing economic knowledge.
• utilize existing economic knowledge to explain economic issues.
• create new economic knowledge.

 

Requirements for Major or Minor

For a major in Economics: 36 credits, including 210, 411, 412, 416, and 417. The remaining courses must be selected from among 321, 331, 332, 341, 351, 352,  361, and, 461, and no more than eight credits from 480, 481, 487, and 490.

For a minor in Economics: 20 credits, including 210, 411, 412. The remaining courses must be selected from among 321, 331, 332, 341, 351, 352,  361, and, 461.

Departmental Quantitative Requirements: Students enrolling in economics courses must demonstrate the following quantitative prerequisites:

1. To enroll in 210 a student must have met the College's mathematics proficiency requirement.
2. To enroll in courses numbered 411 and above, a student must:
   1. complete MATH 160 or above or the equivalent with a grade above a C-;
   2. complete MATH 140 or 340 or the equivalent with a grade above a C-;
   3. demonstrate proficiency in the microcomputer applications of word processing, spread sheets, and data bases by successfully completing a proficiency exam, or complete CSC 120.

Departmental Policy on Prerequisites and Residency: The Economics Department presumes that students will have taken the applicable prerequisite(s) when registering for courses. However, all courses have the option of "consent of instructor." Prerequisites will be waived only when the instructor and the department chair deem that a student's background render the applicable prerequisite(s) unnecessary.

For purposes of meeting the College's residency requirement, the department requires that 20 credits in the major and 12 credits in the minor be completed at Linfield.

For Oregon Initial Teaching Licensure in Social Studies, a student must complete the Linfield Teacher Education Program and theState of Oregon licensure requirements (see pages 57 and 58 of the print catalog). In order to complete these requirements, a student must begin taking education courses no later then his/her sophomore year. The student must be advised by an Education Department faculty member each semester prior to registration.