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 BC1003INTRO TO ECONOMIC REASONING3
ECON BC3018ECONOMETRICS4
ECON BC3033INTERMEDTE MACROECONOMC THEORY4
ECON BC3035INTERMEDTE MICROECONOMC THEORY4
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 2023: ECON BC3018
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3018 001/00391 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Ll002 Milstein Center
Camilo Rubbini 4.00 51/60
Fall 2023: ECON BC3018
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3018 001/00232 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
323 Milbank Hall
Morgan Williams 4.00 44/60

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 2023: ECON BC3033
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3033 001/00375 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
Ll103 Diana Center
Miguel Casares 4.00 60/70
Fall 2023: ECON BC3033
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3033 001/00228 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Ll103 Diana Center
Martina Jasova 4.00 50/50

ECON BC3035 INTERMEDTE MICROECONOMC THEORY. 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 2023: ECON BC3035
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3035 001/00407 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Ll104 Diana Center
Lalith Munasinghe 4.00 41/50
Fall 2023: ECON BC3035
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3035 001/00229 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Ll103 Diana Center
Lalith Munasinghe 4.00 36/50
ECON 3035 002/00230 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Ll104 Diana Center
Elizabeth Ananat 4.00 32/50

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 2023: ECON BC3041
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3041 001/00409 T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm
323 Milbank Hall
Belinda Archibong 3.00 57/58
Fall 2023: ECON BC3041
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3041 001/00203 T Th 8:40am - 9:55am
Ll103 Diana Center
Belinda Archibong 3.00 45/45
ECON 3041 002/00205 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
Ll104 Diana Center
Belinda Archibong 3.00 45/45

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

Fall 2023: ECON BC3061
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3061 001/00269 T 11:00am - 12:40pm
Room TBA
Elizabeth Ananat 4.00 6/8
ECON 3061 002/00270 M 11:00am - 12:50pm
406 Barnard Hall
Martina Jasova 4.00 6/8
ECON 3061 003/00746 W 10:10am - 12:00pm
113 Milstein Center
Belinda Archibong 4.00 6/8

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 2023: ECON BC3062
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3062 001/00770  
Randall Reback 4.00 6/6
ECON 3062 002/00455 W 6:10pm - 8:00pm
214 Milbank Hall
Alan Dye 4.00 4/5
ECON 3062 003/00456 W 11:00am - 12:40pm
119 Milstein Center
Miguel Casares 4.00 5/5

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 2023: ECON BC3063
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3063 001/00451 T 2:10pm - 4:00pm
805 Altschul Hall
Anja Tolonen 4.00 15/16
ECON 3063 002/00452 W 2:10pm - 4:00pm
Ll016 Milstein Center
Homa Zarghamee 4.00 15/16
ECON 3063 003/00453 Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm
227 Milbank Hall
Lalith Munasinghe 4.00 15/16
ECON 3063 004/00454 M 2:10pm - 4:00pm
501 Diana Center
Mulu Gebreyohannes 4.00 10/16
Fall 2023: ECON BC3063
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
ECON 3063 001/00265 T 2:10pm - 4:00pm
Ll016 Milstein Center
Rajiv Sethi 4.00 15/16
ECON 3063 002/00266 Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm
119 Milstein Center
Anja Tolonen 4.00 12/16
ECON 3063 003/00267 T 4:10pm - 6:00pm
Ll016 Milstein Center
Morgan Williams 4.00 4/16
ECON 3063 004/00681 Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm
405 Barnard Hall
Elham Saeidinezhad 4.00 13/16

Mathematics

MATH UN1101 CALCULUS I. 3.00 points.

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

Spring 2023: MATH UN1101
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1101 001/00020 M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm
Ll002 Milstein Center
Lindsay Piechnik 3.00 98/100
MATH 1101 002/12019 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
402 Chandler
Marco Castronovo 3.00 44/110
MATH 1101 003/12020 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
407 Mathematics Building
Kuan-Wen Chen 3.00 15/30
MATH 1101 004/12021 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
312 Mathematics Building
Rostislav Akhmechet 3.00 58/110
MATH 1101 005/12022 T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm
203 Mathematics Building
Luis Fernandez 3.00 43/110
MATH 1101 006/12023 T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm
407 Mathematics Building
Chilin Zhang 3.00 5/30
Fall 2023: MATH UN1101
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1101 001/10629 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
Room TBA
Amadou Bah 3.00 12/100
MATH 1101 002/10630 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
Room TBA
Nathan Chen 3.00 29/100
MATH 1101 003/10631 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Room TBA
Nathan Chen 3.00 23/100
MATH 1101 004/10632 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
Room TBA
Yin Li 3.00 8/100
MATH 1101 005/10633 M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm
Room TBA
Qiao He 3.00 4/100
MATH 1101 006/10634 M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm
Room TBA
3.00 7/30
MATH 1101 007/10635 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
Room TBA
Qiao He 3.00 9/100
MATH 1101 008/10636 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
Room TBA
James Hotchkiss 3.00 4/100
MATH 1101 009/10637 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Room TBA
James Hotchkiss 3.00 9/100
MATH 1101 010/10638 T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm
Room TBA
3.00 7/30
MATH 1101 011/10639 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
Room TBA
3.00 1/30

MATH UN1102 CALCULUS II. 3.00 points.

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

Spring 2023: MATH UN1102
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1102 001/00021 T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm
304 Barnard Hall
Lindsay Piechnik 3.00 99/100
MATH 1102 002/12024 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
407 Mathematics Building
Ryuichi Haney 3.00 17/30
MATH 1102 003/12025 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
417 Mathematics Building
Richard Hamilton 3.00 11/64
MATH 1102 004/12026 M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm
417 Mathematics Building
Elliott Stein 3.00 46/64
MATH 1102 005/12027 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
203 Mathematics Building
Allen Yuan 3.00 43/100
MATH 1102 006/12028 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
203 Mathematics Building
Andres Fernandez Herrero 3.00 15/100
MATH 1102 007/12029 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
417 Mathematics Building
Patrick Lei 3.00 7/30
Fall 2023: MATH UN1102
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1102 001/10640 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Room TBA
Yoonjoo Kim 3.00 14/100
MATH 1102 002/10641 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
Room TBA
Yoonjoo Kim 3.00 5/100
MATH 1102 003/10642 M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm
Room TBA
0. FACULTY 3.00 9/64
MATH 1102 004/10643 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
Room TBA
3.00 12/30
MATH 1102 005/10644 T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm
Room TBA
3.00 15/30
MATH 1102 006/10645 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
Room TBA
Elliott Stein 3.00 13/64

MATH UN1201 CALCULUS III. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1101 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 2023: MATH UN1201
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1201 001/12030 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
207 Mathematics Building
Xi Shen 3.00 46/100
MATH 1201 002/12031 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
312 Mathematics Building
Chen-Chih Lai 3.00 55/100
MATH 1201 003/12032 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
203 Mathematics Building
Xi Shen 3.00 79/100
MATH 1201 004/12033 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
207 Mathematics Building
Inbar Klang 3.00 107/100
MATH 1201 005/12034 T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm
207 Mathematics Building
Inbar Klang 3.00 112/100
MATH 1201 006/19536 M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm
203 Mathematics Building
Tomasz Owsiak 3.00 36/100
Fall 2023: MATH UN1201
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 1201 001/00082 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
Ll002 Milstein Center
Alisa Knizel 3.00 38/80
MATH 1201 002/10646 M W 8:40am - 9:55am
Room TBA
Gyujin Oh 3.00 21/100
MATH 1201 003/10647 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
Room TBA
Gyujin Oh 3.00 100/100
MATH 1201 004/10648 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
Room TBA
Konstantin Aleshkin 3.00 66/100
MATH 1201 005/10649 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
Room TBA
Shaoyun Bai 3.00 11/100
MATH 1201 006/10650 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Room TBA
Shaoyun Bai 3.00 18/100
MATH 1201 007/10651 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
Room TBA
Lucy Yang 3.00 16/100

MATH UN2010 LINEAR ALGEBRA. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1201 or the equivalent.
Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications. (SC)

Spring 2023: MATH UN2010
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2010 001/12504 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
203 Mathematics Building
Amadou Bah 3.00 81/100
MATH 2010 002/12541 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
203 Mathematics Building
Amadou Bah 3.00 83/100
MATH 2010 003/12543 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
312 Mathematics Building
Jie Jun Morris Ang 3.00 72/100
MATH 2010 004/12546 T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm
203 Mathematics Building
Konstantin Aleshkin 3.00 56/100
MATH 2010 005/12563 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
203 Mathematics Building
Konstantin Aleshkin 3.00 29/100
Fall 2023: MATH UN2010
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2010 001/00085 M W 10:10am - 11:25am
Ll103 Diana Center
Daniele Alessandrini 3.00 56/56
MATH 2010 002/00086 M W 11:40am - 12:55pm
328 Milbank Hall
Daniele Alessandrini 3.00 56/56
MATH 2010 003/10962 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
Room TBA
Siddhi Krishna 3.00 82/100
MATH 2010 004/10963 T Th 8:40am - 9:55am
Room TBA
Andrew Blumberg 3.00 19/100
MATH 2010 005/10964 T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm
Room TBA
Marco Castronovo 3.00 100/100

MATH UN2030 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 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 2023: MATH UN2030
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2030 001/12573 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
312 Mathematics Building
Timothy Large 3.00 75/110
MATH 2030 002/12584 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
614 Schermerhorn Hall
Florian Johne 3.00 30/110
Fall 2023: MATH UN2030
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2030 001/10966 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Room TBA
Elena Giorgi 3.00 70/100
MATH 2030 002/10967 M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm
Room TBA
Konstantin Aleshkin 3.00 75/100
MATH 2030 003/10968 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
Room TBA
Jeanne Boursier 3.00 21/100

MATH UN2500 ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 or the equivalent and MATH UN2010.
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 2023: MATH UN2500
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2500 001/12587 M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm
207 Mathematics Building
Julien Dubedat 3.00 20/100
MATH 2500 002/12594 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
207 Mathematics Building
Ivan Horozov 3.00 66/100
Fall 2023: MATH UN2500
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 2500 001/10969 T Th 8:40am - 9:55am
Room TBA
Xi Shen 3.00 29/100
MATH 2500 002/10970 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am
Room TBA
Xi Shen 3.00 79/100

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 2023: MATH UN3951
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 3951 001/00757  
Daniele Alessandrini 3.00 48/64

MATH GU4061 INTRO MODERN ANALYSIS I. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1202 or the equivalent, and MATH UN2010. 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 2023: MATH GU4061
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 4061 001/12628 M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm
203 Mathematics Building
Pfeffer Joshua 3.00 61/100
Fall 2023: MATH GU4061
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
MATH 4061 001/10980 T Th 11:40am - 12:55pm
Room TBA
Sam Collingbourne 3.00 55/64
MATH 4061 002/10981 T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm
Room TBA
Sam Collingbourne 3.00 37/64

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 2023: STAT GU4001
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
STAT 4001 001/14242 M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm
209 Havemeyer Hall
Isabella Sanders 3.00 62/86
STAT 4001 002/14243 T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm
402 Chandler
Carsten Chong 3.00 57/86
Fall 2023: STAT GU4001
Course Number Section/Call Number Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
STAT 4001 001/13343 M 6:10pm - 8:40pm
Room TBA
Isabella Sanders 3.00 105/200