Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Catalog Program: Economics, B.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Economics, B.S.

   

B.S. Degree

All requirements for economics majors are outlined below.

Core Curriculum (43-45 credits)

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Required Courses (12-13 credits)

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ITEC 281 - Data Management and Analysis with Spreadsheets

 

MATH 126 - Business Calculus * or
MATH 151 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I *

 

STAT 200 - Introduction to Statistics *

Economics Core (24 credits)

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ECON 205 - Principles of Macroeconomics *
ECON 206 - Principles of Microeconomics *
ECON 230 - History of Innovation and Economic Growth
ECON 305 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 306 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
ECON 321 - Econometrics
ECON 330 - Money and Banking
ECON 495 - Current Topics in Economics

Note(s):

*May also be used to satisfy Core Curriculum requirements. ECON majors cannot use both ECON 206 and ECON 205 to satisfy core requirements.

B.S. Requirements (6-8 credits)

The Bachelor of Science degree requires six to eight semester hours of courses in specified areas outside the major, which the department chairperson must approve.

Basic Concentration (15 credits)

This concentration requires additional 15 semester hours in economics electives. Students enrolled in the Economics BS degree program with the Basic Concentration, will take one course in each of the following three areas in order to have a broad understanding of economics as part of the fifteen hours: 

Applied Microeconomics (3 credits)

Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze how changes in economic variables affect decisions of firms, households, and equilibrium in markets.

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ECON 209 - Public Finance
ECON 271 - Rural Economics
ECON 272 - Natural Resource Economics
ECON 301 - The Economics of Entrepreneurship
ECON 307 - Mathematical Economics
ECON 350 - Investment Economics
ECON 375 - Environmental Economics
ECON 442 - International Trade Theory and Policy
ECON 455 - Principles of Managerial Economics
ECON 461 - Industrial Organization
ECON 480 - Labor Economics

Applied Macroeconomics (3 credits)

Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze how changes in macroeconomic variables (e.g., inflation, growth, employment) affect the national economy.

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ECON 307 - Mathematical Economics
ECON 309 - Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 311 - Economic Development
ECON 340 - Global Economy and Business
ECON 350 - Investment Economics
ECON 443 - International Monetary Theory and Policy

International Economics (3 credits)

Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze how changes in economic variables throughout the world affect the national economy.

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ECON 309 - Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 311 - Economic Development
ECON 340 - Global Economy and Business
ECON 442 - International Trade Theory and Policy
ECON 443 - International Monetary Theory and Policy

Electives (15-20 credits)

Total Credits Needed for Degree 120

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