- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
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.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Economics Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| ECON 1000 | Economics at Northeastern | 1 |
| or BUSN 1102 | Personal Skill Development for Business | |
| Required Economics Courses | ||
| ECON 1115 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 2315 | Macroeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 2316 | Microeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 2350 | Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| or MGSC 2301 | Business Statistics | |
| ECON 2560 | Applied Econometrics | 4 |
| Economics Electives | ||
| Complete five courses from the following ranges, with no more than one at the introductory (1000) level. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs: | 20 | |
ECON 1200 to ECON 1999 | ||
ECON 2990 to ECON 3559 | ||
ECON 3561 to ECON 4689 | ||
ECON 4900 to ECON 4999 | ||
ECON 5200 to ECON 5999 | ||
Business Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | ||
| ACCT 1201 | Financial Accounting and Reporting | 4 |
| ACCT 2301 | Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors | 4 |
| Finance | ||
| FINA 2201 | Financial Management | 4 |
| Marketing | ||
| MKTG 2201 | Introduction to Marketing | 4 |
| Organizational Behavior | ||
| ORGB 3201 | Organizational Behavior | 4 |
| International Business/Social Responsibility | ||
| INTB 1203 | International Business and Global Social Responsibility | 4 |
Business Concentration
Complete one of the following business concentrations:
- Accounting
- Accounting and Advisory Services
- Brand Management
- Business Analytics
- Corporate Innovation
- Entrepreneurial Startups
- Family Business
- Finance
- Fintech
- Healthcare Management and Consulting
- International Business (available only as a second concentration)
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Marketing Analytics
- Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Supply Chain Management
Business Cooperative Education
Complete one cooperative education experience.
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH 1231 | Calculus for Business and Economics (It is highly recommended that students who take MATH 1231 take sections devoted to ECON students only.) | 4 |
| or MATH 1241 | Calculus 1 | |
| or MATH 1245 | Calculus with Applications | |
| or MATH 1251 | Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1 | |
| or MATH 1340 | Intensive Calculus for Engineers | |
| or MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | |
| Computer Science | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Computer Science and Its Applications and Lab for CS 1100 (Selecting this 5 SH option will add one additional semester hour to your degree program.) | ||
| Programming with Data and Data Science Programming Practicum | ||
| Fundamentals of Information Analytics | ||
| Co-op Preparation | ||
| BUSN 1103 | Professional Development for Business Co-op | 1 |
| or EESH 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| Integrative and Capstone Requirement | ||
| STRT 4501 | Strategy in Action | 4 |
Economics GPA Requirement
Grades in the following four economics courses must average to a minimum of C (2.000):
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Macroeconomic Theory | ||
| Microeconomic Theory | ||
| Statistics for Economists | ||
or MGSC 2301 | Business Statistics | |
| Applied Econometrics | ||
Business GPA Requirement
A minimum 2.000 GPA is required in business courses.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ACCT 1201 | 4 | ECON 1116 | 4 | ECON 2315 | 4 | FINA 2201 | 4 |
| ECON 1000 or BUSN 1102 | 1 | FINA 2201 | 4 | NUpath DD | 4 | MKTG 2201 | 4 |
| ECON 1115 | 4 | INTB 1203 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MGSC 2301 or ECON 2350 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1231, 1241, 1245, 1251, 1340, or 1341 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ACCT 2301 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ORGB 3201 | 4 |
| BUSN 1103 or EESH 2000 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| CS 1100, MISM 2510, or DS 2000 and DS 2001 | 4 | ||||||
| ECON 2316 | 4 | ||||||
| ECON elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ECON 2560 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Advanced writing in the disciplines | 4 |
| Concentration course 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Concentration course 2 | 4 | ||||||
| ECON elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| STRT 4501 | 4 | Concentration course 4 | 4 | ||||
| Concentration course 3 | 4 | ECON elective 4 | 4 | ||||
| ECON elective 3 | 4 | ECON elective 5 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||