Economics at Yale 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 1110An Introduction to Microeconomic Analysisopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• ECON 1115Introductory Microeconomicsopens 6 courses (5 directly)
• MATH 1180Introduction to Functions of Several Variablesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ECON 1111An Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysisopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ECON 1116Introductory Macroeconomicsopens 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 21 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 414 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ECON 1111

  1. ECON 1116Introductory Macroeconomics
  2. ECON 1111An Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis

• 4 courses deep, ending at ECON 1117

  1. ECON 1115Introductory Microeconomics
  2. ECON 1110An Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis
  3. ECON 1117Introduction to Data Analysis and Econometrics

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECON 2126

  1. MATH 1200Calculus of Functions of Several Variables
  2. MATH 1180Introduction to Functions of Several Variables
  3. ECON 2126Macroeconomic Theory

• 2 courses deep, ending at ECON 3365

  1. CPSC 2020Mathematical Tools for Computer Science
  2. ECON 3365Algorithms

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on ECON sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• A. Metrick
• A. Simsek
• A. Tsyvinski
• Arkolakis
• Attanasio
• B. Kelly
• B. Polak
• Berry
• C. Arkolakis
• C. Cook
• C. Fieler
• C. Hodgson
• C. Meghir
• C. O'Dea
• E. Chalioti
• E. Davila
• E. Zedillo
• F. Zilibotti
• G. Jaynes
• G. Maggi
• H. Forman
• Hodgson
• Huo
• Immorlica
• J. Altonji
• J. Arellano-Bover
• J. Espin-Sanchez
• J. Geanakoplos
• Khandelwal
• M. Amand
• M. Boozer
• M. Pascutti
• M. Peters
• M. Ring
• M. Schmertzler
• Maggi
• Mobarak
• N. Kartik
• O. Attanasio
• Padro
• + 19 more

Clubs & organizations

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