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American Economic Review Vol. 103 No. 3 2013

Course Requirements for Bachelor's Degrees in Economics

William Bosshardt1; Michael Watts2; William E. Becker3

1 Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33431. · 2 Purdue University, 425 W. State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907. · 3 Indiana University, 325 E Blue Ridge Drive, Bloomington, IN 47408, and University of South Australia.

Abstract

We conducted a national survey of department Chairs to investigate whether departments of economics changed course requirements for bachelors degrees since the Siegfried and Bidani (1992) paper using 1980 data. There have been few changes to course requirements. Most notable are a large increase in the number of departments requiring econometrics and a drop in departments requiring courses such as money, banking and economic history--courses once required in many business schools.

DOI
10.1257/aer.103.3.643
Volume
103
Issue
3
Pages
643-647
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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