BS in Law and Economics Curriculum Requirements

At this time, the BS in Law and Economics is open exclusively to current USC students seeking to change their major. Program pending American Bar Association (ABA) acquiescence.

ECON 203g - Principles of Microeconomics 4 units

ECON 303 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 4 units

ECON 317 - Introduction to Statistics for Economics 4 units

MATH 118gx - Calculus for Business and Economics OR MATH 125g - Calculus I 4 units

LAW 200w - Law and Society
4 units

LAW 210p - Fundamentals of the U.S. Legal System
4 units

ECON 318 - Introduction to Econometrics
4 units

ECON 332 - Contracts, Organizations and Institutions
4 units

ECON 333 - Innovation Economics and Business: Beer, AI and Video Games
4 units

ECON 379 - Economic Policy Analysis
4 units

ECON 404 - Game and Economics
4 units

ECON 415 - Behavioral Economics
4 units

ECON 434 - Economic Analysts of Law OR LAW 352 - Introduction to Law and Economics
4 units

ECON 474 - Economic Consulting and Applied Managerial Economics
4 units

ECON 480 - Economics of Industrial Organization
4 units

ECON 487 - Resource and Environmental Economics
4 units

(Students must choose between LAW 352 and ECON 434 - they may not receive major credit for both courses.)

At least 4 units must be at the upper-division level.

LAW 101w - Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
4 units

LAW 201w - Law and Politics
4 units

LAW 206 - Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence: Ethics and Law
4 units

LAW 208 - Law and Economics of AI Regulation
4 units

LAW 212 - Immigration Law for a New America
4 units

LAW 222 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Law
1 units

ECON 434 - Economic Analysts of Law OR LAW 352 - Introduction to Law and Economics
4 units

ECON 474 - Economic Consulting and Applied Managerial Economics
4 units

ECON 480 - Economics of Industrial Organization
4 units

ECON 487 - Resource and Environmental Economics
4 units

AND

LAW 225 - Current Court Cases
2 units

LAW 300 - Concepts in American Law
2 units

LAW 306 - Issues in the Use of AI in Law and Regulation
2 units

LAW 305 - International Influence: Law and Power
2 units

LAW 350 - Law and Entrepreneurship
2 units

LAW 352 - Introduction to Law and Economics OR ECON 434 - Economic Analysts of Law (4 units)
2 units

LAW 406 - Individual Rights in U.S. Constitutional Law
2 units

LAW 407 - Regulatory Law
2 units

LAW 498 - Law Internship
2-4 units

(Students must choose between LAW 352 and ECON 434 - they may not receive major credit for both courses.)

ENST 387 - Economics for Natural Resources and the Environment
4 units

GERO 452 - Economic Issues and the Aged
2-4 units

IR 326 - U.S. Foreign Economic Policy
4 units

IR 427 - Seminar on Economics Policy
4 units

PHIL 339 Philosophy of Economics
4 units

PHIL 475 - Topics in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
4 units

Eight courses in six Core Literacies, plus two courses in Global Perspectives (which may double-count with courses in the Core Literacies).

GE-A: The Arts (one course)
GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (two courses)
GE-C: Social Analysis (two courses)
GE-D: Life Sciences (one course)
GE-E: Physical Sciences (one course)
GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (one course)

GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (one course)
GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (one course)