Harvard secured the top position on the US News list of top undergraduate economics programs.  Consequently, it is closely profiled below to model the demands of a rigorous curriculum. Yet, one program does not categorically represent the diversity of offerings provided in such an extensive field as economics. That’s impossible. So, to gain a better sense of the scope of the major we’ll also look at how economics is offered  at UC Berkeley, Northwestern, and the University of Minnesota: all top 20 programs.