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Department paths
ECON 0110 is the single front door. The intermediate theory pair — ECON 1110 (micro) and ECON 1130 (macro) — plus the econometrics sequence (ECON 1620/1629/1630) unlock nearly every 1000-level field course; the financial economics ladder (1710 → 1720) runs deepest.
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Brown University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data, with curated ordering and notes. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
A suggested order for the 99 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Semester 2spring
Semester 3fall
Semester 4spring
Semester 5fall
Semester 6spring
Semester 7fall
Semester 8spring
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ECON coursework.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ECON work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 99 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 65 more ECON courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ECON, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Principles of Economics (ECON 0110)1 required
Financial Accounting (ECON 0710)1 required
Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECON 1210)1 required
Industrial Organization (ECON 1420)1 required
Investments I (ECON 1710)1 required
Corporate Finance (ECON 1720)1 required
Two Business Economics electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Two Business Economics electives from the approved list — see the handbook.
Principles of Economics (ECON 0110)1 required
Principles of Economics (ECON 0110)1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ECON. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at ECON 1730
6 courses deep, ending at ECON 1205
6 courses deep, ending at ECON 1805
4 courses deep, ending at ECON 1170
Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECON 1210)1 required
Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECON 1210)1 required
Two courses outside Economics2 required · verify with the official sheet
Two courses outside the Economics department addressing implementation/evaluation of public policy.
ECON 01101 required
Introductory series (one path)choose 1
ECON 11301 required
ECON 12101 required
ECON 16301 required
ECON 01101 required
Introductory series (one path)choose 1
ECON 11301 required
ECON 12101 required
ECON 16301 required
APMA 03551 required
APMA 03651 required
APMA 16551 required
ECON 11301 required
ECON 12101 required
ECON 16301 required
APMA 03551 required
APMA 03651 required
APMA 16551 required
ECON 11301 required
ECON 12101 required
ECON 16301 required
All ECON courses in the Brown catalog
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