2024-2025 Edition

Economics & Mathematics

Economics Department Representative: Sharon Harrison
Mathematics Department Representative: David Bayer

Requirements for the Major

The Economics & Mathematics track requires a minimum of 15 courses (48 minimum credits).

Economics (8 courses)
ECON BC1003Introduction to Economic Reasoning3
ECON BC3018ECONOMETRICS4
ECON BC3033INTERMEDTE MACROECONOMC THEORY4
ECON BC3035INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS4
ECON BC3041THEORETICL FOUNDTNS-POLIT ECON3.00
Select one of the following:4
SENIOR THESIS II (two semesters of the Senior Thesis are optional)
SENIOR SEMINAR *
Two economics electives with an intermediate micro- or macroeconomic theory course as prerequisite
Mathematics (7 courses)
MATH UN1102
MATH UN1201
CALCULUS II
and CALCULUS III
6
MATH UN2010LINEAR ALGEBRA3
MATH UN2500ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION **3
SIEO W3600INTRO PROBABILITY/STATISTICS (or STAT GU4001)4
Two electives at or above the 2000 level ***
*

MATH UN3951 UNDERGRADUATE SEMINARS I, or an equivalent approved by the Chairs of the Mathematics and Economic departments is an acceptable alternative to ECON BC3063 SENIOR SEMINAR.

**

MATH GU4061 INTRO MODERN ANALYSIS I is an acceptable alternative to MATH UN2500 ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION.

***

 MATH UN2030 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS is an approved Mathematics elective.  Also approved is MATH UN3951 UNDERGRADUATE SEMINARS I.

Students must obtain approval from each department representative before selecting electives. In exceptional cases, these may be from related fields; other courses can be taken with prior approval.

Cross-Listed Courses

Economics (Barnard)

ECON BC3018 ECONOMETRICS. 4.00 points.

Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 or ECON BC3035, and ECON BC2411 or STAT W1111 or STAT W1211, or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: ECON BC3033 or ECON BC3035, and ECON BC2411 or STAT W1111 or STAT W1211, or permission of the instructor. Specification, estimation and evaluation of economic relationships using economic theory, data, and statistical inference; testable implications of economic theories; econometric analysis of topics such as consumption, investment, wages and unemployment, and financial markets

Spring 2025: ECON BC3018
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3018 001/00848 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
504 Diana Center
Sinem Sonmez 4.00 16/60
Fall 2025: ECON BC3018
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3018 001/00067 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
152 Horace Mann Hall
0. FACULTY 4.00 0/60

ECON BC3033 INTERMEDTE MACROECONOMC THEORY. 4.00 points.

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics and a functioning knowledge of high school algebra and analytical geometry or permission of the instructor. Systematic exposition of current macroeconomic theories of unemployment, inflation, and international financial adjustments

Spring 2025: ECON BC3033
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3033 001/00755 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
302 Barnard Hall
Nuria Quella 4.00 47/50
ECON 3033 002/00756 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
418 Barnard Hall
Nuria Quella 4.00 58/70
Fall 2025: ECON BC3033
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3033 001/00069 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
408 Zankel
0. FACULTY 4.00 0/100

ECON BC3035 INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS. 4.00 points.

Prerequisites: An introductory course in microeconomics or a combined macro/micro principles course (ECON BC1003 or ECON W1105, or the equivalent) and one semester of calculus or ECON BC1007, or permission of the instructor. Preferences and demand; production, cost, and supply; behavior of markets in partial equilibrium; resource allocation in general equilibrium; pricing of goods and services under alternative market structures; implications of individual decision-making for labor supply; income distribution, welfare, and public policy. Emphasis on problem solving

Spring 2025: ECON BC3035
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3035 001/00754 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Ll003 Barnard Hall
Lalith Munasinghe 4.00 47/65
Fall 2025: ECON BC3035
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3035 001/00070 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
304 Barnard Hall
Elizabeth Ananat 4.00 0/60
ECON 3035 002/00078 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
152 Horace Mann Hall
John Park 4.00 0/60

ECON BC3041 THEORETICL FOUNDTNS-POLIT ECON. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics or permission of the instructor. Intellectual origins of the main schools of thought in political economy. Study of the founding texts in classical political economy, Marxian economics, neoclassicism, and Keynesianism

Spring 2025: ECON BC3041
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3041 001/00863 M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm
418 Barnard Hall
Kurt Semm 3.00 79/72
ECON 3041 002/00923 T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm
Ll003 Barnard Hall
Kurt Semm 3.00 79/72
Fall 2025: ECON BC3041
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3041 001/00073 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
418 Barnard Hall
Kurt Semm 3.00 0/65
ECON 3041 002/00074 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
418 Barnard Hall
Kurt Semm 3.00 0/65

ECON BC3061 SENIOR THESIS I. 4.00 points.

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Tutorials and conferences on the research for and writing of the senior thesis. This is the 1st semester of a two-semester course sequence

ECON BC3062 SENIOR THESIS II. 4.00 points.

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Tutorials and conferences on the research for and writing of the senior thesis. This is the 2nd semester of a two-semester course sequence

Spring 2025: ECON BC3062
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3062 001/00877  
Elizabeth Ananat 4.00 7/7
ECON 3062 002/00876 M 12:00pm - 2:00pm
913 Milstein Center
Kurt Semm 4.00 5/6

ECON BC3063 SENIOR SEMINAR. 4.00 points.

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the completion of all courses (except for the senior requirement) required for the economics track, political economy track, or economics and mathematics majors. Exceptions to these prerequisites may be granted by the chair of the department only. Seminar sections are limited to 15 students. A topic in economic theory or policy of the instructors choice. See department for current topics and for senior requirement preference forms

Spring 2025: ECON BC3063
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3063 001/00864 Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm
214 Milbank Hall
Lalith Munasinghe 4.00 20/20
ECON 3063 002/00764 T 6:10pm - 8:00pm
912 Milstein Center
Elham Saeidinezhad 4.00 19/18
ECON 3063 003/00769 M 6:10pm - 8:00pm
308 Diana Center
Rajiv Sethi 4.00 16/16
Fall 2025: ECON BC3063
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3063 001/00851  
Sharon Harrison 4.00 0/16
ECON 3063 002/00854  
Ashley Timmer 4.00 0/16

Mathematics

MATH UN1101 CALCULUS I. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: see Courses for First-Year Students. Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to integrals.
Prerequisites: (see Courses for First-Year Students). Functions, limits, derivatives, introduction to integrals, or an understanding of pre-calculus will be assumed. (SC)

Spring 2025: MATH UN1101
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1101 001/00472 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
263 Macy Hall
Dusa McDuff 3.00 62/90
MATH 1101 002/15277 M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm
407 Mathematics Building
Qiyao Yu 3.00 23/30
MATH 1101 003/15278 M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm
312 Mathematics Building
Brian Harvie 3.00 102/100
MATH 1101 004/15280 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
614 Schermerhorn Hall
Roger Van Peski 3.00 24/100
MATH 1101 005/15281 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
207 Mathematics Building
Roger Van Peski 3.00 22/100
MATH 1101 006/15282 T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm
407 Mathematics Building
Che Shen 3.00 20/30
Fall 2025: MATH UN1101
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1101 001/00293  
Dusa McDuff 3.00 0/55
MATH 1101 002/00294  
0. FACULTY 3.00 0/55
MATH 1101 003/00295  
0. FACULTY 3.00 0/55
MATH 1101 004/00296  
0. FACULTY 3.00 0/55

MATH UN1102 CALCULUS II. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 MATH V1101 or the equivalent.
Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 or the equivalent. Methods of integration, applications of the integral, Taylors theorem, infinite series. (SC)

Spring 2025: MATH UN1102
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1102 001/00477 T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm
Ll002 Milstein Center
Lindsay Piechnik 3.00 88/90
MATH 1102 002/15285 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
312 Mathematics Building
Evan Sorensen 3.00 49/100
MATH 1102 003/00493 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
323 Milbank Hall
Wenjian Liu 3.00 38/100
MATH 1102 004/15287 M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm
606 Martin Luther King Building
Jingbo Wan 3.00 27/30
MATH 1102 005/15289 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
417 Mathematics Building
Peter Woit 3.00 20/64
MATH 1102 006/15291 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
203 Mathematics Building
Dawei Shen 3.00 23/100
MATH 1102 007/15294 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
312 Mathematics Building
Andres Ibanez Nunez 3.00 8/100
Fall 2025: MATH UN1102
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1102 001/00297  
0. FACULTY 3.00 0/65
MATH 1102 002/00298  
0. FACULTY 3.00 0/65

MATH UN1201 CALCULUS III. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 MATH V1101 or the equivalent.
Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 or the equivalent Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, complex numbers and the complex exponential function with applications to differential equations, Cramers rule, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, surfaces, optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers. (SC)

Spring 2025: MATH UN1201
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1201 001/00494 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
405 Milbank Hall
Cristian Iovanov 3.00 30/90
MATH 1201 002/00496 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
405 Milbank Hall
Cristian Iovanov 3.00 56/90
MATH 1201 003/15298 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
312 Mathematics Building
Deeparaj Bhat 3.00 94/100
MATH 1201 004/15300 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
203 Mathematics Building
Deeparaj Bhat 3.00 85/100
MATH 1201 005/15301 T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm
203 Mathematics Building
Rostislav Akhmechet 3.00 90/100
MATH 1201 006/15302 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
203 Mathematics Building
Rostislav Akhmechet 3.00 89/100
Fall 2025: MATH UN1201
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1201 001/00300  
Daniela De Silva 3.00 0/65
MATH 1201 002/00301  
0. FACULTY 3.00 0/65
MATH 1201 003/00302  
0. FACULTY 3.00 0/65

MATH UN2010 LINEAR ALGEBRA. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH V1201, or the equivalent.

Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications. (SC)

Spring 2025: MATH UN2010
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2010 001/00487 M W 8:40am - 9:55am
263 Macy Hall
Wenjian Liu 3.00 82/100
MATH 2010 002/00491 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
Ll002 Milstein Center
Lindsay Piechnik 3.00 79/90
MATH 2010 003/15325 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
312 Mathematics Building
Qiao He 3.00 62/100
MATH 2010 004/15328 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
312 Mathematics Building
Qiao He 3.00 78/100
MATH 2010 005/15331 T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm
312 Mathematics Building
Elliott Stein 3.00 55/64
Fall 2025: MATH UN2010
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2010 001/00303  
0. FACULTY 3.00 0/70

MATH UN2030 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 MATH V1102-MATH V1201 or the equivalent.
Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent. Special differential equations of order one. Linear differential equations with constant and variable coefficients. Systems of such equations. Transform and series solution techniques. Emphasis on applications

Spring 2025: MATH UN2030
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2030 001/15344 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
207 Mathematics Building
Dawei Shen 3.00 70/100
MATH 2030 002/15345 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
207 Mathematics Building
Panagiota Daskalopoulos 3.00 98/100

MATH UN2500 ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 MATH V1102-MATH V1201 or the equivalent and MATH V2010.
Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent and MATH UN2010. Mathematical methods for economics. Quadratic forms, Hessian, implicit functions. Convex sets, convex functions. Optimization, constrained optimization, Kuhn-Tucker conditions. Elements of the calculus of variations and optimal control. (SC)

Spring 2025: MATH UN2500
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2500 001/15346 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
203 Mathematics Building
Xi Shen 3.00 100/100

MATH UN3951 UNDERGRADUATE SEMINARS I. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: two years of calculus, at least one year of additional mathematics courses, and the director of undergraduate studies' permission.
Prerequisites: Two years of calculus, at least one year of additional mathematics courses, and the director of undergraduate studies permission. The subject matter is announced at the start of registration and is different in each section. Each student prepares talks to be given to the seminar, under the supervision of a faculty member or senior teaching fellow

Fall 2025: MATH UN3951
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 3951 001/00304  
Alisa Knizel 3.00 0/64

MATH GU4061 INTRO MODERN ANALYSIS I. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1202 MATH V1202 or the equivalent, and MATH V2010. The second term of this course may not be taken without the first.
Prerequisites: MATH UN1202 or the equivalent, and MATH UN2010. The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Real numbers, metric spaces, elements of general topology, sequences and series, continuity, differentiation, integration, uniform convergence, Ascoli-Arzela theorem, Stone-Weierstrass theorem

Spring 2025: MATH GU4061
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 4061 001/15369 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
614 Schermerhorn Hall
Julien Dubedat 3.00 49/100

Statistics

SIEO W3600 INTRO PROBABILITY/STATISTICS. 4.00 points.

STAT GU4001 INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Calculus through multiple integration and infinite sums. A calculus-based tour of the fundamentals of probability theory and statistical inference. Probability models, random variables, useful distributions, conditioning, expectations, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, point and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis tests, linear regression. This course replaces SIEO 4150

Spring 2025: STAT GU4001
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
STAT 4001 001/14003 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
329 Pupin Laboratories
Cristian Pasarica 3.00 77/100
STAT 4001 002/14004 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
517 Hamilton Hall
Sumit Mukherjee 3.00 39/86