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B.A. or B.S. Degree Requirements
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

*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

B.A./B.S. Requirements
(See below.)
6-12

Electives
Majors must elect courses from the following areas to total
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.
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Total Credits Needed for Degree
120




B.A./B.S. Requirements

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.




Economics Concentrations

Basic Concentration
(18 semester hours)
This concentration requires an additional 18 semester hours in economics electives.


Managerial Economics Concentration
(18 semester hours)
The Managerial Economics Concentration prepares students for the high entry level, high responsibility, non-specialized, managerial market.
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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International Concentration
(18 semester hours)
This concentration prepares students for careers in international business or finance and careers with firms having international operations.
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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Economics Minor
(18 semester hours)
The Economics Department offers a minor in economics that consists of 18 semester hours of courses in economics.

NOTE: See Economics Course Offerings for descriptions of Economics courses.





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