ECO-BS - Economics

Graduate Course Double Counting Policy 

Undergraduate students majoring in Accounting, Business or Economics at the College of Staten Island and satisfying the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to three graduate courses at undergraduate tuition to be counted towards their bachelor’s degree. These graduate courses may be used only to substitute for 400-level elective requirements (ACC, BDA, BUS, ECO, FNC, MGT, MKT) designations. All graduate courses in the Business Management program can be taken as double-counting courses. All graduate courses in the Business Management Program can be taken.  This allows students to earn both the bachelor’s and the master’s degrees in five years. 

Criteria: 

1. Current enrollment in bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or Economics at the College of Staten Island and successful completion of three years of study with 90 or more earned credits. 

2. Cumulative GPA 3.3 or above. 

3. Two letters of recommendation, at least one from a full-time College of Staten Island Business School faculty under whom the applicant has studied. 

4. Permissions from the course instructor, the coordinator of the graduate program, and the department chairperson. 

5. Application for admission and conditional acceptance into to the Business Management graduate program. 

Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirement: 

The New York State Department of Education requires that ¾ of the credit hours in a Bachelor of Arts (BA) program be liberal arts and sciences credits. 

Honors 

To graduate with honors in Economics a student must have a 3.5 grade point average overall. Prospective candidates are encouraged to register for an independent study (ECO 594) in consultation with a full-time faculty member and with written approval from the Economics Department chairperson. To earn honors the student will work with the faculty sponsor to select a topic and complete an honors thesis.

The College Fed Challenge (CFC)

The College Fed Challenge is a team competition for undergraduate students. Teams analyze economic and financial conditions and formulate monetary policy recommendations, modeling the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

With instructor and chair approval, students can participate in the College Fed Challenge course by registering for an independent study (ECO 593). The CFC course can be used towards elective credits at the 200 or 300 level.