Economics at Denison University

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 102Introductory Microeconomics (4 Credit Hours)opens 43 courses (11 directly)
• MATH 135Single Variable Calculus (4 Credit Hours)opens 24 courses (3.2 directly)
• MATH 145Multivariable Calculus (4 Credit Hours)opens 23 courses (1.7 directly)
• ECON 302Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (4 Credit Hours)opens 18 courses (14.3 directly)
• ECON 301Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (4 Credit Hours)opens 15 courses (15 directly)
• ECON 307Introductory Econometrics (4 Credit Hours)opens 3 courses (2 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 51 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more ECON courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

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.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ECON 430

  1. MATH 130Essentials of Calculus (4 Credit Hours)
  2. MATH 135Single Variable Calculus (4 Credit Hours)
  3. MATH 145Multivariable Calculus (4 Credit Hours)
  4. ECON 302Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (4 Credit Hours)
  5. ECON 429Financial Economics I (4 Credit Hours)
  6. ECON 430Financial Economics II (4 Credit Hours)

• 6 courses deep, ending at ECON 445

  1. MATH 130Essentials of Calculus (4 Credit Hours)
  2. MATH 135Single Variable Calculus (4 Credit Hours)
  3. MATH 145Multivariable Calculus (4 Credit Hours)

• 6 courses deep, ending at ECON 462

  1. MATH 130Essentials of Calculus (4 Credit Hours)
  2. MATH 135Single Variable Calculus (4 Credit Hours)
  3. MATH 145Multivariable Calculus (4 Credit Hours)

• 4 courses deep, ending at ECON 401

  1. ECON 101Introductory Macroeconomics (4 Credit Hours)
  2. ECON 102Introductory Microeconomics (4 Credit Hours)
  3. ECON 301Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (4 Credit Hours)

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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