Economics at George Mason 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 104Contemporary Macroeconomic Principlesopens 56 courses (13.5 directly)
• ECON 306Intermediate Microeconomicsopens 43 courses (22 directly)
• ECON 611Microeconomic Theoryopens 17 courses (9 directly)
• ECON 311Intermediate Macroeconomicsopens 6 courses (5 directly)
• ECON 535Survey of Applied Econometricsopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• ECON 852Public Choice I.opens 2 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 72 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 25 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.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ECON 846

  1. ECON 103Contemporary Microeconomic Principles
  2. ECON 104Contemporary Macroeconomic Principles
  3. ECON 306Intermediate Microeconomics
  4. ECON 611Microeconomic Theory
  5. ECON 844Industrial Organization and Public Policy I.
  6. ECON 846Industrial Organization and Public Policy II.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ECON 854

  1. ECON 103Contemporary Microeconomic Principles
  2. ECON 104Contemporary Macroeconomic Principles
  3. ECON 306Intermediate Microeconomics

• 6 courses deep, ending at ECON 881

  1. ECON 103Contemporary Microeconomic Principles
  2. ECON 104Contemporary Macroeconomic Principles
  3. ECON 306Intermediate Microeconomics

• 6 courses deep, ending at ECON 886

  1. ECON 103Contemporary Microeconomic Principles
  2. ECON 104Contemporary Macroeconomic Principles
  3. ECON 306Intermediate Microeconomics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ECON yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ECON yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Economics does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the GMU campus feed.