
Admission Requirements
The Department of Economics further requires:
- Three letters of recommendation
- A total score of 1000 or better on the Verbal and Quantitative
sections combined on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test.
- Completion of the following prerequisite courses (or the equivalents)
with a GPA of at least 3.0. The course in calculus must have a grade of
at least a C.
| MATH 135 | Business Calculus (3) |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics (3) |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics (3) |
| ECON 310 | Intermediate Microeconomics Analysis (3) |
| ECON 320 | Intermediate Macroeconomics Analysis (3) |
| ISDS 361A | Quantitative Business Analysis: Probability & Statistics (3) |
| At least one advanced (400-level or equivalent) three-unit ECON elective | |
In the absence of one or more course prerequisites, students may be admitted as conditionally classified if their record otherwise indicates the ability to successfully complete the program. Such deficiencies can be eliminated after enrolling. However, students must advance promptly to classified status by satisfying all prerequisites.
Students must also satisfy the University's Writing Proficiency Exam.
Foreign students whose native language is not English must show evidence of proficiency in English by taking the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and obtain a minimum score of 570 on the TOEFL’s paper version (or a minimum score of 230 on the computer version).

