The Economics Curriculum in the United States: 1980.

There are about 900 different U.S. colleges and universities offering a four-year bachelor's degree with a major in economics. The majority of these programs are located in colleges of liberal arts in departments averaging nine faculty. The typical program graduates thirty-five students per year; about 30 percent of whom are women. There are usually no special prerequisites to major in economics, and commonly no requirements other than completing thirty to thirty-three semester credit hours, including six hours in introductory economics, three hours in intermediate microeconomics, three hours in intermediate macroeconomics, and three hours in statistics. Among their elective courses, students are more likely to choose courses in labor economics, public finance, or international economics. In general, there seems to be a broad consensus regarding the prerequisites, course and credit requirements, and other special requirements for earning a bachelor's degree in economics in the United States today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]