Business Management Economics (Accounting Concentration) Major Checklist

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4	Major Requirements Checklist
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7			To declare the major, a student must have successfully completed the following lower-division courses with a combined 2.8 GPA or higher:
8			• ECON 1 Introductory Microeconomics: Resource Allocation and Market Structure
9			• ECON 2 Introductory Macroeconomics: Aggregate Economic Activity				GPA Calculator
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11			Choose one of the following math courses below:
12			• AM 11A Mathematical Methods for Economists I OR				How AP scores translate to letter grades*:
13			• MATH 11A Calculus with Applications OR				Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Calculus AB: 4=B (3.0); 5=A (4.0)
14			• MATH 19A Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
15							Calculus BC: 3=B (3.0), 4 & 5=A (4.0)
16			Four-year students must declare a major by the end of their second year (or sixth quarter).				*For ECON major declaration purposes only; AP scores do not affect UCSC GPA
17			Transfer students must declare a major by the end of their second quarter.
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19	All major courses must be passed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher to receive major credit
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21		Lower-division core course requirements
22		Complete all of the following courses:
23			ECON 1 Introductory Microeconomics: Resource Allocation and Market Structure
24			ECON 2 Introductory Macroeconomics: Aggregate Economic Activity					*AM 11A & AM 11B equivalents:
25			ECON 10A Economics of Accounting					The following combinations can be taken instead of AM 11A & 11B:
26			ECON 10B Economics of Accounting
27			AM 11A Mathematical Methods for Economists I (or equivalents*)					1. MATH 11A OR MATH 19A + AM 11B
28			AM 11B Mathematical Methods for Economists II (or equivalents*)					2. MATH 19A + MATH 19B + MATH 23A
29			STAT 17 Statistical Methods for Business and Economics AND					3. MATH 11A + MATH 11B + MATH 22
30			STAT 17L Statistical Methods for Business and Economics Laboratory
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32		Upper-division core course requirements
33		Complete all of the following courses:
34			ECON 100A Intermediate Microeconomics OR ECON 100M Intermediate Microeconomics, Math Intensive
35			ECON 100B Internediate Macroeconomics OR ECON 100N Intermediate Macroeconomics, Math Intensive
36			ECON 113 Introduction to Econometrics
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38		Computer literacy requirement (1 course)
39		For course names, descriptions, and prerequisites, please visit the CSE course catalog or the ECE course catalog.
40		Choose one of the following courses:
41			CSE 5J	CSE 30
42			CSE 10	CSE 80N
43			CSE 12	ECE 13
44			CSE 13S	TIM 50
45			CSE 20	TIM 58
46			ECON 22P
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48		Disciplinary communication requirement (DC) (1 course)
49		Choose one of the following courses:
50			ECON 104 Is There Truth in Numbers: The Role of Statistics in Economics
51			ECON 197 Economic Rhetoric: Using Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence in Arguing Policy
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53		Required upper-division courses (10 courses)
54		For course names, descriptions, and prerequisites, please visit the ECON course catalog.
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56		Accounting electives
57		Complete all of the following courses:
58			ECON 110	ECON 112	Although not required for the concentration, the Economics Department recommends taking ECON 119 in addition to the stated requirements if you are interested in pursuing the CPA exam/license.*
59			ECON 111A	ECON 116
60			ECON 111B	ECON 117A
61			ECON 111C	ECON 117B
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64			All upper-division accounting courses must be taken at UC Santa Cruz.
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66		Finance elective
67		Choose one of the following courses:
68			ECON 101
69			ECON 133
70			ECON 135
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72		Economics elective
73		Choose one of the following courses:
74			ECON 105	ECON 142		ECON 166A/CSE 166A
75			ECON 114	ECON 143		ECON 166B/CSE 166B
76			ECON 120	ECON 148		ECON 169/LGST 169
77			ECON 121	ECON 149		ECON 170
78			ECON 125	ECON 150		ECON 171
79			ECON 126	ECON 156		ECON 175
80			ECON 128/LGST 128	ECON 159		ECON 180
81			ECON 130	ECON 160A/LGST 160A		ECON 182
82			ECON 140	ECON 160B		ECON 183/LGST 183
83			ECON 141	ECON 165
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85		Econ 195 (Senior Thesis) OR Econ 199 (Independent Study) may be used to fill the upper-division economics elective.
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89		For more information, please visit the business management economics major with the accounting concentration catalog.
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