Economics at University of Louisville

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 301Intermediate Microeconomics3 Unitsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• FIN 301Corporate Finance3 Unitsopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• ECON 302Intermediate Macroeconomics3 Unitsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• MATH 360Statistical Data Analysis - WR3 Unitsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• FIN 302Business Finance3 Unitsopens 1 course (0.5 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 44 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 4 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.

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 380

  1. MATH 180Elements of Calculus - QR3 Units
  2. MATH 360Statistical Data Analysis - WR3 Units
  3. ECON 380Introduction to Econometrics3 Units

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 401

  1. ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics - SB3 Units
  2. ECON 301Intermediate Microeconomics3 Units
  3. ECON 401Mathematical Economics3 Units

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 414

  1. BSTA 201Business Statistics3 Units
  2. FIN 301Corporate Finance3 Units
  3. ECON 414Applied Financial Econometrics3 Units

• 2 courses deep, ending at ECON 302

  1. ECON 202Principles of Macroeconomics - SB3 Units
  2. ECON 302Intermediate Macroeconomics3 Units

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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