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Incoming First Years

Incoming first year International Economics majors are encouraged to complete two semesters of principles - Principles of Micro and Macro - as well as two semesters of calculus - Calc I/A and Calc B - over the course of their first year at Notre Dame.  They are also encouraged to take ECON 10000 - Economics Proseminar - an optional one credit hour course designed to provide them with information and interactions with current students, alums, and faculty to enhance their four years in the department.  The information below provides guidance for students who are coming in with varying levels of AP (or equivalent) credits.  

  • If you are interested in preparing for graduate school for economics, or are interested in learning how to make more progress within the major than the suggested paths below, please reach out to one of the econ academic advisors.  
  • For the full set of major requirements, please see the major requirements page. 
  • For more information regarding the language/culture side of the major, please reach out to the respective department (Spanich/French/Italian/Portuguese, German/Russian, Chinese/Japanese, Arabic).  

Incoming International Economics majors typically fall into one of nine categories:

Suggested Courses No Incoming
Econ Credit

Either Principles
of Micro or Macro

 Both Principles
of Micro and Macro
No Incoming Calc Credit A (see below) B C
One Semester Calc D E F
Two Semesters Calc G H I

A) No AP/IB (or Equivalent)

  • First Year Fall: Principles of Microeconomics, Calc I/A*, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Principles of Macroeconomics, Calc B

B) One AP/IB Econ and No Calc

  • First Year Fall: Calc I/A*, Principles of Micro/Macro, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Calc B, Statistics for Economics**

C) Two AP/IB Econ and No Calc

  • First Year Fall: Calc I/A*, Statistics for Economics**, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Calc B, 30000 level economics elective or Econometrics

D) No AP/IB Econ and One Calc

  • First Year Fall: Calc B, Principles of Microeconomics, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Principles of Macroeconomics, Statistics for Economics**

E) One AP/IB Econ and One Calc

  • First Year Fall: Principles of Micro/Macro, Calc B, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Statistics for Economics**, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

F) Two AP/IB Econ and One Calc

  • First Year Fall: Statistics for Economics**, Calc B, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, 30000 level economics elective or Econometrics

G) No AP/IB Econ and Two Calc

  • First Year Fall: Principles of Microeconomics, Statistics for Economics**, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

H) One AP/IB Econ and Two Calc

  • First Year Fall: Principles of Micro/Macro, Statistics for Economics**, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, 30000 level economics elective or Econometrics

I) Two AP/IB Econ and Two Calc

  • First Year Fall: Statistics for Economics**, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory or 30000 level economics elective, Econ Proseminar
  • First Year Spring: Intermediate Micro/Macro (depending on previous semester), 30000 level economics elective or Econometrics

*Students placed into Principles of Calculus should enroll in this and push the suggested calculus timeline back by one semester (Principles -> Calc I/A -> Calc B).  Students placed into Calc I with the suggested one credit hour "RAFT" should take this instead of Calc A.  Students placed into Calc I/A without the suggested one credit hour "RAFT" should consider taking ECON 10250 - Calculus Applications - an optional econ specific one credit hour supplement to Calc I/A.

**Students who intend to double major with ACMS, Psychology, Sociology, or another program of study which requires statistics credit should consider taking the intro to stats course in the other discipline and taking an additional econ elective as a substitute for Stats for Economics.  Please reach out to an econ academic advisor if you have questions about this.  Students with AP Stats credit (or the equivalent) should take the one credit hour ECON 30335 - Intro to Linear Regression - instead of Statistics for Economics.  AP Stats credit plus ECON 30335 counts as a substitute for ECON 30340 - Statistics for Economics.