Economics Comprehensive Major: Secondary Licensure Emphasis (with a 3+2 Master of Arts in Education)

The 3+2 Secondary and K-12 Licensure Program allows students to complete a B.A. in their academic major with an emphasis in Secondary and K-12 Licensure and a Master of Arts in Education in five years. Students apply to the program by December of their junior year. MUS majors interested in the program need to set up an individualized plan with their MUS and EDUC advisors.  To be accepted into the 3+2 Program, each student must: 

  • Provide letters of recommendation from at least one Education Department faculty member and one faculty member from the student's major
  • Prove content, as defined by the Colorado Department of Education
  • Be accepted into Western's Teacher Licensure Program
  • Successfully complete EDUC 340 (by Spring of junior year)
  • Be on track to complete all coursework required within the academic major

Upon satisfactory completion of these requirements, students will be designated as "MAED candidates with provisional acceptance." Upon completion of the final undergraduate credits for the Western B.A., students will be designated as "MAED degree-seeking students." Students who have completed all other requirements of the 3+2 Secondary and K-12 Licensure Degree Program and all Western undergraduate requirements, yet choose to leave the MAED program before Year Five, will still have completed the BA in Secondary and K-12 Licensure, have earned 120 credits necessary for a Western undergraduate degree, and be eligible to apply for initial teacher licensure . 

Program Requirements


Students interested in pursuing this comprehensive program should consult with the Teacher Education Program advisor in addition to the advisor in their major as soon as possible. 

All Economics Majors require completion of the 24-credit Economics Nucleus and completion of MATH 140 College Algebra (GT-MA1), MATH 141 Precalculus (GT-MA1), or MATH 151 Calculus I (GT-MA1) with a minimum grade of “C-.”

Economics Nucleus
ECON 201Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)3
ECON 202Microeconomics3
ECON 301Intermediate Macroeconomics3
ECON 302Intermediate Microeconomics3
ECON 303International Economics and Globalization3
ECON 316Econometrics3
ECON 498Income Distribution, Poverty and Wealth3
ECON 216Statistics for Business and Economics3
or MATH 213 Probability and Statistics (GT-MA1)
Total Credits24

 In addition, the student must fulfill the requirements of the Secondary Licensure 3+2 Program (see description under Education), and the following:

GEOG 110World Regional Geography (GT-SS2)3
GEOG 120Introduction to Human Geography (GT-SS2)3
GEOG 250Geography of North America (GT-SS2)3
GEOL 101Physical Geology (GT-SC2)3
HIST 100Topics in World History (GT-HI1)3
HIST 126U.S. History to 1865 (GT-HI1)3
HIST 127U.S. History Since 1865 (GT-HI1)3
HIST 200Historical Inquiry3
HIST 327Colorado History3
POLS 180Introduction to American Politics (GT-SS1)3
POLS 255Introduction to Comparative Politics (GT-SS1)3
POLS 282Issues in State and Local Government3
POLS 376American Political Thought3
Select one of the following:3
Economics and Public Policy
Economics upper-division elective
POLS 260Introduction to World Politics (GT-SS1)3
or POLS 360 American Foreign Policy
Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
ECON 201 Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) 3
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
Gen Ed Area II GE 3
Gen Ed Area III GE 3
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
MATH 140 College Algebra (GT-MA1) 3
 Credits16
Spring
ECON 202 Microeconomics 3
EDUC 000 Education Gateway Course 0
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
Gen Ed Area III GE 3
GEOG 110 World Regional Geography (GT-SS2) 3
GEOL 101 Physical Geology (GT-SC2) 3
 Credits15
Year Two
Fall
ECON 216 Statistics for Business and Economics 3
Gen Ed Area III GE 3
GEOG 120 Introduction to Human Geography (GT-SS2) 3
HIST 100 Topics in World History (GT-HI1) 3
POLS 180 Introduction to American Politics (GT-SS1) 3
POLS 282 Issues in State and Local Government 3
 Credits18
Spring
ECON 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3
Economics Elective ECON 317 recommended 3
Gen Ed Area II GE 3
GEOG 250 Geography of North America (GT-SS2) 3
HIST 200 Historical Inquiry 3
 Credits15
Year Three
Fall
ECON 302 Intermediate Microeconomics 3
ECON 316 Econometrics 3
HIST 126 U.S. History to 1865 (GT-HI1) 3
HIST 327 Colorado History 3
POLS 255 Introduction to Comparative Politics (GT-SS1) 3
POLS 376 American Political Thought 3
 Credits18
Spring
ECON 303 International Economics and Globalization 3
ECON 498 Income Distribution, Poverty and Wealth 3
EDUC 340 Application of Pedagogy and Practice 3
HIST 127 U.S. History Since 1865 (GT-HI1) 3
POLS 260 Introduction to World Politics (GT-SS1) 3
 Credits15
Year Four
Fall
EDUC 403 Instruction and Assessment in Content Area 3
EDUC 405 Data-driven Instructional Practices 3
EDUC 604 Learning Environments 3
EDUC 629 Inclusion and English Learners 3
EDUC 609 Secondary Student Teaching 3
 Credits15
Spring
EDUC 606 Reading and Writing in the Content Area 3
EDUC 607 Rethinking Learning in the 21st Century 3
EDUC 610 K-12 Student Teaching 3
EDUC 624 Managing to Differentiate 3
 Credits12
 Total Credits124