For information about the admission process, including deadlines, visit the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website. Applications can be submitted via the Common Application.
Supporting documents not submitted online should be mailed to:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The George Washington University
800 21st St NW Suite 100
Washington, DC 20052
For questions visit undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/contact-us.
The following requirements must be fulfilled:
The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Programs and the following curricular requirements.
Program-specific curriculum:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required core courses | ||
| ECON 1011 | Principles of Economics I * | |
| ECON 1012 | Principles of Economics II | |
| ECON 2101 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory | |
| or ECON 2103 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach | |
| ECON 2102 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory | |
| or ECON 2104 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach | |
| ECON 2123 | Introduction to Econometrics | |
| MATH 1221 | Calculus with Precalculus II | |
| or MATH 1231 | Single-Variable Calculus I | |
| MATH 1232 | Single-Variable Calculus II | |
| STAT 1111 | Business and Economic Statistics I (or equivalent) | |
| or STAT 1051 | Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics | |
| or STAT 1053 | Introduction to Statistics in Social Science | |
| STEM electives | ||
| Two courses (6 credits) selected from the following and completed with a minimum grade of C-: | ||
| CSCI 1011 | Introduction to Programming with Java | |
| CSCI 1012 | Introduction to Programming with Python | |
| CSCI 1111 | Introduction to Software Development | |
| CSCI 1112 | Algorithms and Data Structures | |
| CSCI 1311 | Discrete Structures I | |
| DATS 1001 | Data Science for All | |
| DATS 2102 | Data Visualization for Data Science | |
| DATS 2103 | Data Mining for Data Science | |
| DATS 2104 | Data Warehousing for Data Science | |
| EMSE 2705 | Mathematics of Operations Research | |
| EMSE 3850 | Quantitative Models in Systems Engineering | |
| MATH 2184 | Linear Algebra I | |
| MATH 2233 | Multivariable Calculus ** | |
| MATH 2971 | Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning ** | |
| MATH 3342 | Ordinary Differential Equations ** | |
| MATH 3410 | Mathematics of Finance ** | |
| MATH 4239 | Real Analysis I ** | |
| STAT 1129 | Introduction to Computing | |
| STAT 2183 | Intermediate Statistics Lab/Packages | |
| STAT 3119 | Design and Analysis of Experiments | |
| STAT 3157 | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics I | |
| STAT 3187 | Introduction to Sampling | |
| STAT 4158 | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II | |
| STAT 4181 | Applied Time Series Analysis | |
| STAT 4188 | Nonparametric Statistics Inference | |
| STAT 4189 | Mathematical Probability and Applications I | |
| STAT 4190 | Mathematical Probability and Applications II | |
| STAT 4197 | Fundamentals of SAS Programming for Data Management | |
| Additional electives | ||
| Six courses (18 credits) in Economics (ECON) electives numbered between 2000 and 4999 are required. At least one of these courses should be numbered between 3000 and 3999 and at least one should be an ECON WID course. The following guidelines and restrictions apply to this requirement: | ||
*Post-matriculation residency requirement: ECON 1011 must be taken at GW to count toward the major. Students who matriculate with AP or transfer credit for ECON 1011 are exempt from this residency requirement.
**MATH 2233, MATH 2971, MATH 3342, MATH 3410, and MATH 4239 are strongly recommended for students planning to pursue graduate studies in economics.
In addition to the University General Education Requirement, undergraduate students in Columbian College must complete a further, College-specific general education curriculum—Perspective, Analysis, Communication (G-PAC) as well as the course CCAS 1001 First-Year Experience. Together with the University General Education Requirement, G-PAC engages students in active intellectual inquiry across the liberal arts. Students achieve a set of learning outcomes that enhance their analytical skills, develop their communication competencies, and invite them to participate as responsible citizens who are attentive to issues of culture, diversity, and privilege.
Coursework for the University General Education Requirement is distributed as follows:
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One course in critical thinking in the humanities.
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Two courses in critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, or scientific reasoning in the social sciences.
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One course that has an approved oral communication component.
- One course in quantitative reasoning (must be in mathematics or statistics).
- One course in scientific reasoning (must be in natural and/or physical laboratory sciences).
- UW 1020 University Writing (4 credits).
- After successful completion of UW 1020, 6 credits distributed over at least two writing in the discipline (WID) courses taken in separate semesters. WID courses are designated by a "W" appended to the course number.
Coursework for the CCAS G-PAC requirement is distributed as follows:
- Arts—one approved arts course that involves the study or creation of artwork based on an understanding or interpretation of artistic traditions or knowledge of art in a contemporary context.
- Global or cross-cultural perspective—one approved course that analyzes the ways in which institutions, practices, and problems transcend national and regional boundaries.
- Local or civic engagement—one approved course that develops the values, ethics, disciplines, and commitment to pursue responsible public action.
- Natural or physical science—one additional approved laboratory course that employs the process of scientific inquiry (in addition to the one course in this category required by the University General Education Requirement).
- Humanities—one additional approved humanities course that involves critical thinking skills (in addition to the one course in this category required by the University General Education Requirement).
- CCAS 1001 First-Year Experience
Certain courses are approved to fulfill GPAC requirements in more than one category.
Courses taken in fulfillment of G-PAC requirements may also be counted toward majors or minors. Transfer courses taken prior to, but not after, admission to George Washington University may count toward the University General Education Requirement and G-PAC, if those transfer courses are equivalent to GW courses that have been approved by the University and the College.
Lists of approved courses in the above categories are included on each undergraduate major's page in this Bulletin.
In addition to meeting general requirements stated under University Regulations, to be considered for graduation with Special Honors in Economics, students must have taken at least six graded GWU ECON courses(18 credits) prior to the graduation semester; have a minimum ECON GPA of 3.80 (calculated using all ECON courses completed at GWU prior to the graduation semester); submit a completed application for special honors to the ECON Department at the beginning of their graduation semester.
A student may also be considered for Special Honors in Economics if their proseminar research paper nominated for departmental prizes.