Economics and Psychology, BS
This combined major educates students in economics and psychology and the interface between the two disciplines. Economics courses provide a foundation in macroeconomics, microeconomics, and applied econometrics. The scope and sequence of psychology courses provide students with a foundation in the interdisciplinary science of psychology, including such topics as cognition, decision making, learning, and motivation. Students completing this program of study should be able to understand how the two fields jointly contribute to explaining the complexity of human behavior in an economic context.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Experiential Liberal Arts
All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Economics Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ECON 1115 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 2315 | Macroeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 2316 | Microeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 2560 | Applied Econometrics | 4 |
| ECON 4692 | Senior Economics Seminar | 4 |
| Economics Electives | ||
| Complete four ECON courses from the following ranges with no more than two at the ECON 1200–ECON 1999 range. The course used to satisfy the integrative course requirement may not be used as an economics elective: | 16 | |
ECON 1200–ECON 1999 | ||
ECON 3000–ECON 4689 | ||
ECON 4900–ECON 4999 | ||
ECON 5200–ECON 5999 | ||
Psychology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC 2320 | Statistics in Psychological Research | 4 |
| PSYC 3402 | Social Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC 3450 | Learning and Motivation | 4 |
| PSYC 3466 | Cognition | 4 |
| Required Lab | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Laboratory in Research Design | ||
| Laboratory in Biological Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Laboratory in Cognition | ||
| Laboratory in Social Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Personality | ||
| Laboratory in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Laboratory in Affective Science | ||
| Laboratory in Life-Span Emotional Development | ||
| Laboratory in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Required Seminar | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Seminar in Behavioral Modification | ||
| Seminar in Biological Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Seminar in Cognition | ||
| Seminar in Personality | ||
| Seminar in Social Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Clinical Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Seminar in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Social and Affective Neuroscience | ||
| Psychology Electives | ||
| Complete three PSYC courses not used to fulfill requirements above. | 12 | |
Other Requirements Outside Major
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC 1000 | Psychology at Northeastern | 1 |
| or ECON 1000 | Economics at Northeastern | |
| EESC 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
| or EESH 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| MATH 1231 | Calculus for Business and Economics | 4 |
| or MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | |
| CS 1100 | Computer Science and Its Applications | 4 |
| COOP 3945 | Co-op Work Experience | 0 |
Integrative Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 4681 | Information Economics and Game Theory | 4 |
| or ECON 3416 | Behavioral Economics | |
NUpath Not Fulfilled by Major
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NUPath EI—Expression and Innovation | 4 | |
| NUPath IC—Interpreting Culture | 4 | |
| NUPath DD—Difference and Diversity | 4 | |
| NUPath ER— Ethical Reasoning | 4 | |
| NUPath WD—Advanced Writing in the Discipline | 4 | |
Open Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete three open electives. | 12 | |
Combined Major Credit/ GPA Requirement
Complete 84 semester hours in the major.
Grades in the following required courses must average to a minimum of C (2.000):
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 2315 | Macroeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 2316 | Microeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 2560 | Applied Econometrics | 4 |
| PSYC 2320 | Statistics in Psychological Research | 4 |
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| PSYC 1101 | 4 | PSYC 2320 | 4 | ECON elective | 4 | Open elective | 4 |
| MATH 1213 or 1341 | 4 | ECON 1116 | 4 | PSYC elective | 4 | ECON elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | CS 1100 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 1115 | 4 | PSYC elective | 4 | ||||
| ECON 1000 or PSYC 1000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| PSYC 3402 | 4 | PSYC 3466 | 4 | NUpath DD | 4 | Co-op | |
| ECON 2315 | 4 | ECON 2316 | 4 | PSYC elective | 4 | ||
| ECON elective | 4 | NUpath IC | 4 | ||||
| NUpath EI | 4 | Open elective | 4 | ||||
| EESC 2000 or EESH 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | PSYC 3450 | 4 | ECON 4692 | 4 | Co-op | ||
| ECON 2560 | 4 | PSYC lab | 4 | ||||
| ECON elective | 4 | ||||||
| NUpath ER | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | ECON 4681 or 3416 | 4 | |||||
| PSYC seminar | 4 | ||||||
| NUpath WD | 4 | ||||||
| Open elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||