• 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.

Introduction

JRNL 1000Journalism at Northeastern1
or ECON 1000 Economics at Northeastern

Co-op Course

EESH 2000Professional Development for Co-op1
or EEAM 2000 Professional Development for Co-op

Economics Requirements

Required Economics Courses
ECON 1115Principles of Macroeconomics4
ECON 1116Principles of Microeconomics4
ECON 2315Macroeconomic Theory4
ECON 2316Microeconomic Theory4
ECON 2350Statistics for Economists4
ECON 2560Applied Econometrics4
Economics Electives
Complete three electives from the following ranges with one of those courses, at most, at the 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:12
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

Journalism Requirements

Introductory
JRNL 1150Understanding Today’s News4
Foundation Courses
A grade of C or higher is required:
JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing
and Journalist’s Toolbox
5
JRNL 2201Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting4
JRNL 2301Visual Storytelling in Journalism4
JRNL 3610Digital Storytelling and Social Media4
Law and Ethics
Taking either course fulfills both the capstone requirement and the journalism law and ethics requirement:
JRNL 3550The First Amendment and the Media4
or JRNL 4650 Ethics and Diversity in the News Media
Journalism Electives
Complete three JRNL electives.12

Supporting Courses

Calculus
MATH 1231Calculus 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
Programming with Data
and Data Science Programming Practicum
Fundamentals of Information Analytics

Integrative Courses

Complete one of the following (may not overlap with courses used for electives):4
Advanced Reporting
Data Storytelling
Complete one of the following (may not overlap with courses used for electives): 4
Contested Issues in the U.S. Economy
Environmental Economics
Public Finance
International Economics
Financial Economics

Capstone

Fulfilled by the journalism law and ethics requirement.

Economics GPA/Credit Requirements

Grades in the following four economics courses must average to a minimum of C (2.000):

Macroeconomic Theory
Microeconomic Theory
Statistics for Economists
Applied Econometrics

Program Requirements

89 semester hours in the major

129 overall semester hours required

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ECON 11154CS 1100, and CS 1101, DS 2000 and DS 2001, or MISM 25104Elective4Elective 4
ENGW 1111 or 11024ECON 11164Elective4Elective4
JRNL 1000 or ECON 10001JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
5  
JRNL 11504Elective4  
MATH 1231, 1241, 1245, 1251, 1340, or 13414   
 17 17 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ECON 23154ECON 23164Elective4Co-op0
JRNL 22014ECON 23504Elective 4 
ECON elective 14EESH 2000 or EEAM 20001  
JRNL elective 14JRNL 23014  
 JRNL elective 24  
 16 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0ECON 25604ECON 1260, 3423, 3440, 3635, or 46404Co-op0
 JRNL 3700 or 36804Elective4 
 JRNL 36104  
 ECON elective 24  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0ECON 4692 or 49974  
 JRNL 3550 or 46504  
 ECON elective 34  
 JRNL elective 34  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 131