• Chair of the Department: Marvin Kraus

• Assistant Chair / Director of Undergraduate Studies: Catherine G. Schneider

• Director of Undergraduate Honors Program: Robert Murphy

• Director of Graduate Studies: Richard Tresch

All Carroll School of Management students, regardless of their area of concentration, are required to take Principles of Economics (EC 131-132) and Statistics (EC151 or EC155) as part of the CSOM Core. Students entering Boston College as freshmen are expected to take at least two of these in the College of Arts and Sciences, although placement will be granted for students who have done AP, IB or similar coursework. Please consult the Boston College Bulletin or the University website for advanced placement policies and qualifying scores.

In addition, students from the Carroll School of Management may choose Economics as an area of concentration. Students with a serious interest in Economics are encouraged to fulfill all the requirements of the Arts and Sciences major.

Four courses beyond the CSOM Core are required for the concentration:

• Intermediate Theory Courses
• Microeconomic Theory (EC201 or EC203)
• Macroeconomic Theory (EC202 or EC204)
• Elective Courses
• Two electives chosen from EC205 through EC399, except EC345
  At least one elective must be chosen from EC228, EC229,
  EC300-399 (except EC336)

EC201 and EC202 have a requisite of Calculus I, which is fulfilled by the University's math core requirement for CSOM students.

EC 203 and EC204 have additional prerequisites. CSOM Honors Program students who wish to take these courses should read the information provided in the description of the A&S Economics Major.

Normally, students will have completed both Principles courses before taking either Theory course, although we will allow students who have finished one Principles course to take the associated Theory course concurrently with the second Principles course. For example, a student who has completed EC131 may take EC201 concurrently with EC132. Students should complete at least one Theory course before beginning the electives, although we recognize that scheduling constraints may make this difficult. Students who need to take an elective before completing a Theory course should register for a 200-level elective that has only Principles as a prerequisite. It is also possible, with permission of the professor, to take a 300-level elective concurrently with its Theory prerequisite.

General Department policy is that students take at both Theory courses and at least one of the two electives in the College of Arts and Sciences. The remaining course may, subject to Department approval of the specific course, be taken during the summer session at Boston College or another institution, during the academic year as part of a study-abroad program, or during the academic year through the Woods College of Advancing Studies. Students who plan to take a elective course abroad must meet the Department's qualifications for study abroad. They must have completed both Principles courses and at least one of the Intermediate Theory courses with a minimum grade of B- in that course prior to foreign study. Transfer students should meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Economics Department to discuss their specific situations.