Academic Majors & Minors
- Students can declare a major/minor during, or after the second semester of their freshman year. Students should declare a major/minor no later than the end of the sophomore year.
- No more than 2 concentrations allowed, either:
- 2 majors OR
- 1 major and 1 minor OR
- 1 major
- Maintain at least a C (2.0) average in any major or minor.
- Only one (1) undergraduate degree may be earned from Emory.
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Major in Economics and Human Health BA
| Major Code | ECONHH |
|---|---|
| Degree Awarded | BA |
| Hours To Complete | 45 |
| Courses Required | 15 |
| Declaration of Major Contact |
Requirements
Foundational (5 courses required, 15 CU)
- Econ 101: Principles of Microeconomics
- Econ 112: Principles of Macroeconomics
- Econ 201: Intermediate Microeconomics
- HLTH 210: Introduction to Predictive Health and Society
- HLTH 250: Foundations of Global Health
Biomedical or health ethics (1 course required, 3 CU)
- HLTH 331: Disability & Bioethics
- HLTH 333: American Healthcare Ethics)
Methods (3 courses required, 11 CU)
- Econ 220: Probability and Statistics for Economists with lab (4 CU)
- Econ 320: Econometrics with lab (4 CU)
- HLTH 385: Designing Health Research
Health Care Organization and Policy (Select 2 courses, minimum 5CU)
- Econ 371: Health Economics
- Econ 372: Health Care Markets
- HLTH 370: Health Policy (2 CU)
Electives: Context and Applications of Health (Select 3 courses, minimum 8CU)
Three electives to include, but not limited to, the following:
- HLTH 310: Defining Health: Biocultural Perspectives
- HLTH 312: Predicting Lifespan Health or HLTH 411 The Origins of Health
- HLTH 314: The Science of Sleep
- HLTH 340: Food, Health, & Society or HLTH 440: Botanical Medicine and Health
- HLTH 385: Delivering Health (2CU)
- HLTH 397, 399, 497, or 499: Approved independent study or internship (1-4 CU, at least 3CU required to fulfill 1 Elective requirement)
- Econ 405: Industrial Organization
- Econ 421: Microeconometrics
- Econ 442: Law and Economics
Research Capstone (1 course required, 3CU)
- ECON 470/HLTH 470: Research in Health Economics