From the lists shown below, students will select one course from the lower-division, and two courses from the upper-division. The lower division course is a required element of the Domain Emphasis.

Courses in this domain emphasis are heavily impacted, and often restricted by major to enroll. It may be difficult to complete this emphasis given these restrictions. Students are advised to make appropriate alternate plans.

 Prerequisites are shown within square brackets.

Lower Division (select one)

  • ECON 1. Introduction to Economics (4 units)*
  • ECON 2. Introduction to Economics (4 units)*
  • DATA 88E. Economic Models (2 units) Also approved when this topic was offered as Data 88 prior to Spring 2021

Upper Division (select two)

  • Only one of Economics 100A or 101A or 100B or 101B:
    • ECON 100A. Microeconomics (4 units) or 
    • ECON 101A. Microeconomics (Math Intensive) (4 units) or
    • ECON 100B. Macroeconomics (4 units) or
    • ECON 101B. Macroeconomics (Math Intensive) (4 units)
  • ECON C103/MATH C103. Introduction to Mathematical Economics  (4 units) [Prerequisites: MATH 53, MATH 54]
  • ECON 104. Advanced Microeconomic Theory (4 units) [Prerequisite: ECON 101A] - approved if taken prior to Spring 2026
  • ECON C110/POLSCI C135. Game Theory in the Social Sciences (4 units)
  • ECON 119. Psychology and Economics (4 units) [Prerequisite: ECON 100A or 101A]
  • ECON 121. Industrial Organization and Public Policy (4 units) [Prerequisite: ECON 100A or 101A]
  • ECON C125/ENVECON C101. Environmental Economics (4 units) [Prerequisite: ECON 100A/101A]
  • ECON 131. Public Economics (4 units) [Prerequisites: Econ 100AB or 101AB]
  • ECON 134. Macroeconomic Policy from the Great Depression to Today (4 units) [Prerequisites: Econ 100B or 101B, 140 or 141 or EnvEcon C118]
  • ECON 136. Financial Economics (4 units) [Prerequisites: ECON 100A or 101A, one semester of statistics]
  • ECON 139. Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice (4 units) [Prerequisite: ECON 100A/101A] Also approved when offered as Intermediate Financial Economics (4 units) prior to Fall 2022
  • Only one of Economics 140 or 141:
    • ECON 140. Econometrics (4 units) [Prerequisites: ECON 1 or 2 or equivalent; STAT 20, 21, W21, 88, 131A, 135 or equivalent] or
    • ECON 141. Econometrics (Math Intensive) (4 units) [Prerequisites: ECON 1 or 2 or equivalent; STAT 20, 21, W21, 88, 131A, 135 or equivalent; MATH 53 and 54 or equivalent]
  • ECON C142/PUB POL C142/POL SCI C131A. Applied Econometrics and Public Policy (4 units) [Prerequisite: ECON 140 or 141]
  • ECON 143. Econometrics: Advanced Methods and Applications (4 units) [Prerequisites: Econ 140 or 141 or EnvEcon C118 or Data C100 or Stat 135; linear algebra]
  • ECON 144. Empirical Asset Pricing (4 units) [Prerequisite: Econ 140 or 141 or equivalent] 
  • ECON C147/COMPSCI C177. Algorithmic Economics (4 units) [Prerequisite: comfort with formal mathematical proofs]
  • ECON 148. Data Science for Economists (4 units) [Prerequisite: Data C8 or Stat 20] 
  • ECON 151. Labor Economics (4 units) [Prerequisite: Econ 100A or 101A]
  • ECON 152. Wage Theory (4 units) [Prerequisite: Econ 100A or 101A]
  • ECON 172. Case Studies in Economic Development (4 units) [Prerequisite: Econ 100A or 101A]
  • ECON 174. Global Poverty and Impact Evaluation (4 units) [Prerequisites: Econ 100B or 101B, 140 or 141 or EnvEcon C118]
  • ECON C175/DEMOG C175. Economic Demography (4 units)
  • ECON C184/ENVECON C132. International Environmental Economics (4 units)
  • ENVECON C118/IAS C118. Introductory Applied Econometrics (4 units) - approved if taken prior to Spring 2026

Unit values and prerequisites are subject to change. Please refer to guide.berkeley.edu for the most up-to-date course information.

*For students completing the lower-division requirement outside of UC Berkeley at a college where microeconomics and macroeconomics are offered as separate courses, only microeconomics is required for the Data Science BA. However, note that full equivalence to Econ 1 may still be required as a prerequisite to other courses you wish to take at UC Berkeley.