Economics at San Francisco State 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 301Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (Units: 3)opens 5 courses (4.2 directly)
• ECON 302Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (Units: 3)opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• DS 212Business Statistics (Units: 3)opens 2 courses (0.3 directly)
• ECON 212Business Statistics (Units: 3)opens 2 courses (0.3 directly)
• ECON 312Introduction to Econometrics (Units: 3)opens 1 course (1 directly)
• ECON 701Seminar: Microeconomic Theory (Units: 3)opens 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 33 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 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 690GW

  1. DS 110Calculus with Business Applications (Units: 3)
  2. DS 212Business Statistics (Units: 3)
  3. ECON 312Introduction to Econometrics (Units: 3)
  4. ECON 690GWSenior Seminar: Economic Inquiry and Analysis - GWAR (Units: 3)

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 500

  1. DS 110Calculus with Business Applications (Units: 3)
  2. ECON 302Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (Units: 3)
  3. ECON 500Money and Banking (Units: 3)

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 605

  1. DS 110Calculus with Business Applications (Units: 3)
  2. ECON 301Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (Units: 3)
  3. ECON 605Seminar: History of Economic Thought (Units: 3)

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 702

  1. ECON 715Mathematical Economics (Units: 3)
  2. ECON 701Seminar: Microeconomic Theory (Units: 3)
  3. ECON 702Seminar: Macroeconomic Theory (Units: 3)

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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