• 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.

History Requirements

History Colloquium
HIST 1200Historical Research and Writing1
HIST 1201First-Year Seminar4
Introductory Level
Complete one history course from the 1000 level (except HIST 1200 and HIST 1201).4
History Seminar and Historical Writing
HIST 2301The History Seminar4
HIST 2302Historical Writing1
History Elective
Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field.8
Pre-1800 History Elective
Complete one of the following: 4
HIST 1100
Law and History
HIST 1185
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
HIST 1218
Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 1272
Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
HIST 1389
History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
HIST 2330
Colonial and Revolutionary America
HIST 2370
Renaissance to Enlightenment
HIST 2375
The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
HIST 2390
Africa and the World in Early Times
HIST 3334
Assassinations in World History
Intermediate/Advanced History Courses
Complete minimum of one history course numbered 2000 to 2999 (except HIST 2301 and HIST 2302).4
Advanced History
Complete minimum of one history course numbered 3000 to 4999 (except HIST 4701).4
Supplemental Course for History—Research Methods
Complete one of the following:4
ECON 2350
Statistics for Economists
ENVR 5260
Geographical Information Systems
MATH 2280
Statistics and Software
POLS 2400
Quantitative Techniques
PSYC 2320
Statistics in Psychological Research
SOCL 2320
Statistical Analysis in Sociology

Economics Requirements

Introduction to College
ECON 1000Economics at Northeastern1
or HIST 1000 History at Northeastern
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 four economics elective courses that are found in the following ranges, with no more than two in the ECON 1200 to ECON 1999 range. Additionally, courses used to satisfy the integrative course requirement may not be used as economics electives:16
ECON 1200 to ECON 1999
ECON 2990 to ECON 3559
ECON 3561 - ECON 4689
ECON 4900 to ECON 4996
ECON 5200 to ECON 5999
Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs.
Supplemental Courses
Computer Science
Complete one of the following:4-5
CS 1100
and CS 1101
Computer Science and Its Applications
and Lab for CS 1100
DS 2000
and DS 2001
Programming with Data
and Data Science Programming Practicum
MISM 2510
Fundamentals of Information Analytics
Calculus
Complete one of the following:
MATH 1231
Calculus for Business and Economics (It is highly recommended that students who take MATH 1231 take sections devoted to ECON students only.)
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

Capstone Requirements

Complete one of the following options:4
ECON 4692
Senior Economics Seminar
or ECON 4997
 Senior Economics Thesis
HIST 4701
Capstone Seminar

Integrative Requirements

Complete one of the following:4
ECON 1292
Economic History of the Middle East
ECON 3470
American Economic History
HIST 2011
Capitalism and Business: A Global History
HIST 2360
History of Capitalism in East Asia

History and Economics Major GPA/Credit Requirement

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

ECON 2315
Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 2316
Microeconomic Theory
ECON 2350
Statistics for Economists
ECON 2560
Applied Econometrics

Complete 98 semester hours in the major.

Experiential Liberal Arts

All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study - Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall 

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ECON 1000 or HIST 10001ECON 11164ECON elective 24Elective4
ECON 11154ECON elective 14Elective4Elective4
HIST 12001HIST elective 14  
HIST 12014HIST elective 24  
MATH 1231, 1241, 1245, 1251, 1340, or 13414   
Elective4   
 18 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1100, DS 2000 and DS 2001, or MISM 25104ECON 23164HIST elective 54Co-op0
ECON 23154HIST elective 34Elective4 
HIST 23014HIST elective 44  
HIST 23021Elective4  
Elective4   
 17 16 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0ECON 23504ECON 25604Co-op0
 ECON elective 34ECON elective 44 
 HIST elective 64  
 Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0ECON 3470, HIST 2011, or ECON 12924  
 ECON 4692, HIST 4701, or ECON 49974  
 HIST elective 74  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 131