Economics Major
All requirements for economics majors are outlined below. Among these
requirements are Required Courses (which may also be used to fulfill
General Education requirements), Economics Core courses, and course work
for one of four concentrations: Basic, Managerial, and International.
General Education Requirements | 50 |
Required Courses | 15-19 |
*ECON 105:106. Principles of Economics *COMM 114. Public Speaking *CPSC 106, 109, 115 or 120 or IS 181 *MATH 121, 151 or 161 |
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*These courses may also be used to satisfy General Education Requirements | |
Economics Core | 21 |
*ECON 105:106. Principles of Economics ECON 305:306. Intermediate Economic Theory ECON 330. Money and Banking **STAT 205. Business Statistics or **STAT 208. Statistics for the Social Sciences ECON 495. Current Topics in Economics |
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* May be used to satisfy General Education Requirements. | |
** May not be used to satisfy General Education Requirements. | |
Concentration (Majors choose one of the 3 Options listed below.) |
18 |
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B.A./B.S. Requirements (See below.) |
6-12 |
Electives 120 semester hours: accounting, administrative systems, finance, information systems, management, marketing, economics, foreign languages, geography, history, humanities, mathematics, statistics, computer science, philosophy, political science, psychology, and/or sociology. |
12-22 |
Total Credits Needed for Degree | 120 |
B.A. Requirements
The Bachelor of Arts degree requires completion of the B.A. language
requirements.
Option 1: Students with little or no foreign language background who are
placed in a first-semester course by the Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures may fulfill this requirement by taking the first three
semesters of a foreign language for a total of 12 semester hours.
Option 2: Students with enough of a foreign language background to be
placed beyond a first-semester course may fulfill this requirement by
completing two courses on the second year level or beyond (above 200 in
German, Latin, and Russian; above 203 in French and Spanish) for a total
of 6 to 8 semester hours.
B.S. Requirements
The Bachelor of Science degree requires six to eight semester hours of
courses in specified areas outside of the major, which the department
chairperson must approve.
Basic Concentration
(18 semester hours)
This concentration requires an additional 18 semester hours in economics
electives.
Required Courses: | ECON 307. Mathematical Economics ECON 350. Investment Economics or ECON 461. Industrial Organization. ECON 421. Econometrics. ECON 455. Principles of Managerial Economics. ECON elective or ACTG 211. ECON elective or FINC 331.. |
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Required Courses: | |
ECON 309. Comparative Economic Systems. ECON 311. Economic Development. ECON 442. International Trade Theory and Policy. ECON 443. International Finance ECON electives. |
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NOTE: See Economics Course Offerings for descriptions of Economics courses.