Economics at California State University, Chico

Gateway courses

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.

• ECON 301Microeconomic Analysisopens 11 courses (9.5 directly)
• ECON 302Macroeconomic Analysisopens 8 courses (6.5 directly)
• ECON 380Economic Statisticsopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• ECON 481Introductory Econometricsopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

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 26 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 11 more ECON courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

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.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ECON. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ECON 483

  1. ECON 103Principles of Microeconomic Analysis
  2. ECON 301Microeconomic Analysis
  3. ECON 481Introductory Econometrics
  4. ECON 483Econometrics II

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 431H

  1. ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomic Analysis
  2. ECON 302Macroeconomic Analysis
  3. ECON 431HTheory of Money - Honors (W)

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 452

  1. ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomic Analysis
  2. ECON 380Economic Statistics
  3. ECON 452Health Economics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ECON yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ECON yet.

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Department events

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