AM & Economics
Here we summarize the requirements for Applied Math concentration with specialization in Economics. These requirements are made and continuously updated in cooperation with the Economics Department.
For the five classes in the Application section, we require
- Economics 1011a (Econ 1010a is accepted, but not preferred)
- Economics 1011b
- Economics 1126, Statistics 111 (Economics 1126 is preferred. Students who intend to write a thesis are advised to plan to complete Econ 1126 by the end of junior year)
- Two other classes in economics, to be chosen from the following list (updated every year in consultation with the Economics Department. Graduate level economics courses may also be counted.).
- Starting with the class of 2025, students who take Econ 1010a must choose a mathematical microeconomics course as one of the two electives.
- Mathematical microeconomics courses are marked with a star (*) in the list of allowed economics courses below. Econ 2010a, 2010b, 2020a, 2020b, and 2000-level micro based electives (check with AM) also count as mathematical microeconomics courses.
Please note: We do not give concentration credit for the less mathematical classes 1010b or 1123.
Allowed Economics Courses
2022-2023 | These count for the classes of 2023, 2024, 2025 | |
Department | Number | Course Title |
ECON | 50a | Big Data |
ECON | 70 | Personal Finance |
ECON | 980b | Education in the Economy |
ECON | 980x | Economics of Work and Family |
ECON | 980w | Policy Options in Health |
ECON | 980z | Behavioral Finance |
ECON | 980cc | Readings on Market Imperfections |
ECON | 980kk | Economic Growth |
ECON | 980LL | Raising Keynes |
ECON | 1017 | A Libertarian Perspective |
ECON | 1021 | Using Markets to Solve Social Problems |
ECON | 1036* | Psychology and Economics of Beliefs |
ECON | 1042 | Sports Economics |
ECON | 1050 | Strategy, Conflict, and Cooperation |
ECON | 1057 | Game Theory with Applications |
ECON | 1071* | Incentives in the Wild |
ECON | 1133 | Authoritarian Superpower: The Political Economy of Modern China |
ECON | 1343 | The Economics of Development and Global Health |
ECON | 1346 | Closed Borders and Crowded Buses: The Economics of Human Mobility |
ECON | 1410 | Public Economics |
ECON | 1415* | Analytic Frameworks for Policy [1011a req] |
ECON | 1420 | American Economic Policy |
ECON | 1425 | Political Economics |
ECON | 1450 | Political Economy of Religion |
ECON | 1499 | Low Interest Rates, Secular Stagnation and Macroeconomic Policy |
ECON | 1535 | International Trade and Investment |
ECON | 1544 | Foundations of International Macroeconomic Policy |
ECON | 1640* | Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications |
ECON | 1661 | Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy |
ECON | 1723* | Capital Markets |
ECON | 1745 | Corporate Finance |
ECON | 1746 | The Financial Crisis |
ECON | 1759 | The Financial System and the Central Bank |
ECON | 1800 | The Economics of Cities |
ECON | 1818 | Economics of Discontinuous Change |
2020-2021 | These count for the classes of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. | |
Department | Number | Course Title |
ECON | 50a | Big Data |
ECON | 980b | Education in the Economy |
ECON | 980u | Immigration Economics |
ECON | 980w | Policy Options in Health and Environmental Economics |
ECON | 980x | Personal Economics |
ECON | 980z | Behavioral Finance |
ECON | 980aa | The Rise of Asia and the World Economy |
ECON | 980ee | The Behavioral Economics of Poverty and Development |
ECON | 980ff | Economics of the Coronavirus |
ECON | 980mm | Field Experiments |
ECON | 1017 | A Libertarian Perspective |
ECON | 1025 | From Gorbachev to Putin: The Economics and Politics of the Russian Transition |
ECON | 1033 | Networks |
ECON | 1036* | Psychology and Economics of Beliefs |
ECON | 1042 | Sports Economics |
ECON | 1050 | Strategy, Conflict, and Cooperation |
ECON | 1052* | Game Theory and Economic Applications |
ECON | 1057 | Game Theory with Applications |
ECON | 1078 | Analyzing Education Policy |
ECON | 1084 | The Causes and Consequences of Inequality |
ECON | 1088 | Financial Markets for the Poor |
ECON | 1410 | Public Economics |
ECON | 1415* | Analytic Frameworks for Policy [1011a req] |
ECON | 1420 | American Economic Policy |
ECON | 1435 | Macroeconomic Policy in the Global Economy |
ECON | 1450 | Political Economy of Religion |
ECON | 1460 | Economics of Health Care Policy |
ECON | 1499 | Low Interest Rates, Secular Stagnation and Macroeconomic Policy |
ECON | 1530 | International Monetary Economics |
ECON | 1535 | International Trade and Investment |
ECON | 1545 | International Financial and Monetary Policy |
ECON | 1550 | International Macroeconomics |
ECON | 1640* | Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications |
ECON | 1642 | Advanced Industrial Organization |
ECON | 1661 | Economics of Climate Change |
ECON | 1723* | Capital Markets |
ECON | 1745 | Corporate Finance |
ECON | 1746 | The Financial Crisis |
ECON | 1800 | The Economics of Cities |
ECON | 1818 | Economics of Discontinuous Change |
Econ | 1936 | Keynes |
2021-2022 | These count for the classes of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |
Department | Number | Course Title |
ECON | 50a | Big Data |
ECON | 70 | Personal Finance |
ECON | 980bb | Behavioral Finance |
ECON | 980mm | Field Experiments |
ECON | 1015 | Black Genius |
ECON | 1021 | Using Markets to Solve Social Problems |
ECON | 1036* | Psychology and Economics of Beliefs |
ECON | 1042 | Sports Economics |
ECON | 1050 | Strategy, Conflict, and Cooperation |
ECON | 1057 | Game Theory with Applications |
ECON | 1078 | Analyzing Education Policy |
ECON | 1080* | Great Theorems of Microeconomic Theory |
ECON | 1084 | The Causes and Consequences of Inequality |
ECON | 1133 | Authoritarian Superpower: The Political Economy of Modern China |
ECON | 1410 | Public Economics |
ECON | 1415* | Analytic Frameworks for Policy [1011a req] |
ECON | 1420 | American Economic Policy |
ECON | 1425 | Political Economics |
ECON | 1436 | Economics and Morality |
ECON | 1450 | Political Economy of Religion |
ECON | 1499 | Low Interest Rates, Secular Stagnation and Macroeconomic Policy |
ECON | 1535 | International Trade and Investment |
ECON | 1545 | International Financial and Monetary Policy |
ECON | 1550 | International Macroeconomics |
ECON | 1640* | Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications |
ECON | 1644 | Power Markets in the New Economy |
ECON | 1661 | Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy |
ECON | 1723* | Capital Markets |
ECON | 1745 | Corporate Finance |
ECON | 1746 | The Financial Crisis |
Econ | 1936 | Keynes |
2020-2021 | These count for the classes of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. | |
Department | Number | Course Title |
ECON | 50a | Big Data |
ECON | 980b | Education in the Economy |
ECON | 980u | Immigration Economics |
ECON | 980w | Policy Options in Health and Environmental Economics |
ECON | 980x | Personal Economics |
ECON | 980z | Behavioral Finance |
ECON | 980aa | The Rise of Asia and the World Economy |
ECON | 980ee | The Behavioral Economics of Poverty and Development |
ECON | 980ff | Economics of the Coronavirus |
ECON | 980mm | Field Experiments |
ECON | 1017 | A Libertarian Perspective |
ECON | 1025 | From Gorbachev to Putin: The Economics and Politics of the Russian Transition |
ECON | 1033 | Networks |
ECON | 1036* | Psychology and Economics of Beliefs |
ECON | 1042 | Sports Economics |
ECON | 1050 | Strategy, Conflict, and Cooperation |
ECON | 1052* | Game Theory and Economic Applications |
ECON | 1057 | Game Theory with Applications |
ECON | 1078 | Analyzing Education Policy |
ECON | 1084 | The Causes and Consequences of Inequality |
ECON | 1088 | Financial Markets for the Poor |
ECON | 1410 | Public Economics |
ECON | 1415* | Analytic Frameworks for Policy [1011a req] |
ECON | 1420 | American Economic Policy |
ECON | 1435 | Macroeconomic Policy in the Global Economy |
ECON | 1450 | Political Economy of Religion |
ECON | 1460 | Economics of Health Care Policy |
ECON | 1499 | Low Interest Rates, Secular Stagnation and Macroeconomic Policy |
ECON | 1530 | International Monetary Economics |
ECON | 1535 | International Trade and Investment |
ECON | 1545 | International Financial and Monetary Policy |
ECON | 1550 | International Macroeconomics |
ECON | 1640* | Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications |
ECON | 1642 | Advanced Industrial Organization |
ECON | 1661 | Economics of Climate Change |
ECON | 1723* | Capital Markets |
ECON | 1745 | Corporate Finance |
ECON | 1746 | The Financial Crisis |
ECON | 1800 | The Economics of Cities |
ECON | 1818 | Economics of Discontinuous Change |
Econ | 1936 | Keynes |
2019-2020 | These count for the classes of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. | |
Department | Number | Course Title |
ECON | 980b | Education in the Economy |
ECON | 980j | The Libertarian Perspective on Economic Policy |
ECON | 980w | Policy Options in Health and Environmental Economics |
ECON | 980x | Economics of Work and Family |
ECON | 980z | Behavioral Finance |
ECON | 980cc | Readings on Market Imperfections and Rationales for Government Intervention |
ECON | 980dd | Globalization and Inequality |
ECON | 980ee | The Behavioral Economics of Poverty and Development |
ECON | 980gg | Understanding Consumption: Microeconomic Determinants and Macroeconomic Relevance |
ECON | 980mm | Field Experiments |
ECON | 1018 | Cultural Economics |
ECON | 1025 | From Gorbachev to Putin: The Economics and Politics of the Russian Transition |
ECON | 1030 | Psychology and Economics |
ECON | 1033 | The Economics of Networks |
ECON | 1036 | Psychology and Economics of Beliefs |
ECON | 1042 | Sports Economics |
ECON | 1050 | Strategy, Conflict, and Cooperation |
ECON | 1052 | Game Theory |
ECON | 1057 | Game Theory with Applications to Social Behavior |
ECON | 1058 | Experimental Economics |
ECON | 1078 | Analyzing Education Policy |
ECON | 1080 | Great Theorems of Microeconomic Theory |
ECON | 1084 | The Causes an Consequences of Inequality |
ECON | 1088 | Financial Markets for the Poor |
ECON | 1152 | Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems |
ECON | 1163 | Data Science for Social Scientists |
ECON | 1342 | The History of Economic Growth |
ECON | 1393 | Poverty and Development |
ECON | 1410 | Public Economics |
ECON | 1412 | Research in Macroeconomics |
ECON | 1415 | Analytic Frameworks for Policy [1011a req] |
ECON | 1420 | American Economic Policy |
ECON | 1425 | Political Economics |
ECON | 1430 | Macroeconomics and Politics |
ECON | 1436 | Economics and Morality |
ECON | 1450 | Religion and Political Economy |
ECON | 1460 | Economics of Health Care Policy |
ECON | 1530 | International Monetary Economics |
ECON | 1535 | International Trade and Investment |
ECON | 1545 | International Financial and Monetary Policy |
ECON | 1640 | Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications |
ECON | 1642 | Advanced Industrial Organization |
ECON | 1661 | Fundamentals of Environmental Economics and Policy |
ECON | 1723 | Capital Markets |
ECON | 1745 | Corporate Finance |
ECON | 1746 | Financial Crisis and the Great Recession |
ECON | 1818 | Economics of Discontinuous Change |
Econ | 1936 | Keynes |