Economics at Northeastern 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.

• MATH 1242Calculus 2opens 21 courses (3 directly)
• ECON 2350Statistics for Economistsopens 14 courses (9 directly)
• MATH 3081Probability and Statisticsopens 14 courses (9 directly)
• POLS 2400Quantitative Techniquesopens 14 courses (9 directly)
• ECON 2316Microeconomic Theoryopens 10 courses (9 directly)
• ECON 2315Macroeconomic Theoryopens 9 courses (8 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 87 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 38 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ECON 4971

  1. MATH 1231Calculus for Business and Economics
  2. MATH 1242Calculus 2
  3. ECON 2315Macroeconomic Theory
  4. ECON 4970Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
  5. ECON 4971Junior/Senior Honors Project 2

• 5 courses deep, ending at ECON 4997

  1. MATH 1231Calculus for Business and Economics
  2. MATH 1242Calculus 2
  3. MATH 3081Probability and Statistics

• 5 courses deep, ending at ECON 7764

  1. ECON 5105Math and Statistics for Economists
  2. ECON 6140Advanced Applied Econometrics
  3. ECON 7740Applied Econometrics 2

• 5 courses deep, ending at ECON 7772

  1. ECON 5105Math and Statistics for Economists
  2. ECON 6140Advanced Applied Econometrics
  3. ECON 7740Applied Econometrics 2

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

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