The Department strictly enforces all course prerequisites. Prerequisite courses cannot be taken concurrently with or after the course—they must be taken before the course. Students who take a course out of sequence (before or concurrently with its prerequisites) will not be allowed to count those credits towards the completion of their major, and consequently will be required to take an additional course to replace those credits. For placement in the calculus sequence, please consult the Math department’s section of the Bulletin.
The prerequisites for courses are as follows:
| Course | Prerequisites |
| UN 1105 Principles of Economics | None |
| UN 2105 American Economy | UN 1105 |
| UN 2257 Global Economy | UN 1105 |
| UN 2261 Accounting & Finance for Economics | UN 1105 |
| UN 3025 Financial Economics | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| UN 3211 Intermediate Microeconomics | Math UN 1201, Econ UN 1105 |
| UN 3213 Intermediate Macroeconomics | Math UN 1101, Econ UN 1105; Co-requisite: Math UN 1201* |
| UN 3265 Money and Banking (Barnard) | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| UN 3412 Introduction to Econometrics | Math UN 1201, Stat UN 1201 and Econ UN 3211 or UN 3213 |
| UN 3901 Economics of Education | UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3412 |
| UN 3952 Macro and Formation of Expectation | UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3412 |
| UN 3981 Applied Econometrics | UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3412 |
| GU 4020 Econ of Uncertainty & Information | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4211 Advanced Micro | UN 3211, UN 3213 Co-requisite: Math UN 2500, Math GU 4061* |
| GU 4213 Advanced Macro | UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3412, MATH 2010 |
| GU 4228 Urban Economics | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4230 Economics of NYC | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4251 Industrial Organization | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4260 Market Design | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4280 Corporate Finance | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4301 Growth and Development | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4321 Economic Development | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4325 Economic Development of Japan | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4370 Political Economy | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4400 Labor Economics | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4412 Advanced Econometrics | UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3412, MATH 2010 |
| GU 4413 Econometrics of Time Series | Econ UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3412 Co-requisite: Math UN 2010* |
| GU 4415 Game Theory | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4438 Economics of Race in the U.S. | UN 3211, UN 3213 (GU 4400 is strongly recommended) |
| GU 4465 Public Economics | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4480 Gender and Applied Economics | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4500 International Trade | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4505 International Macro | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4615 Law and Economics | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4630 Climate Finance | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4700 Financial Crises | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4710 Finance and the Real Economy | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4750 Globalization and its Risks | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4840 Behavioral Economics | UN 3211, UN 3213 |
| GU 4850 Cognitive Mechanisms and Economic Behavior | UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 |
| GU 4860 Behavioral Finance | Econ UN 3211, UN 3213, STAT UN 1201 Co-requisite: UN 3412* |
| All Seminars (except 4921) | Econ UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3412 |
| GU 4921 Political Econ seminar | Econ UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3412 and GU 4370 |
*Co-requisite courses may be taken either before or concurrently with the class.
