Course Requirements for Bachelor's Degrees in Economics

S-Tier
Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2013
Volume: 103
Issue: 3
Pages: 643-47

Authors (3)

William Bosshardt (not in RePEc) Michael Watts William E. Becker (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:103:y:2013:i:3:p:643-47
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24