Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is Syracuse University’s home for innovative, interdisciplinary teaching and research in the social sciences, public policy, public administration and international relations. It includes America’s No. 1 ranked graduate program in public affairs, offering highly regarded professional degrees alongside advanced scholarly degrees in the social sciences. It’s also home to undergraduate programs across the full spectrum of social sciences.
Curriculum
The B.S. degree includes more mathematical, statistical and econometric subjects than the B.A. degree, including at least 27 credits from the Economics Department in addition to Calculus I and II from the Department of Mathematics.
The B.S. track requires:
- Calculus I and II (8 credits)
- Five courses in intermediate and mathematical economics (15 credits)
- Four additional upper-division electives numbered 300 or higher (12 credits)
The department offers both the STEM-designated B.S. degree in economics as well as the B.A. degree in economics. The B.S. is attractive to the more mathematically oriented student while the B.A. has a liberal arts focus and emphasizes the applied and policy aspects of economics.
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