Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2018 - 2019 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 (9-10 credits)

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

 

MATH 126 - Business Calculus * or
MATH 169 - Calculus I with Integrated Precalculus II or
MATH 171 - 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

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*May also be used to satisfy Core Curriculum requirements.

B.S. Requirements (6-8 credits)

The Bachelor of Science degree requires six to eight semester hours of courses outside of the College of Business and Economics. These courses must not be used to satisfy Core Requirements and must not be listed in the “Required Courses (9-10)” category and must come from Mathematics, Statistics, Philosophy, History, Political Science, Information Technology, Physics, Foreign Language, Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, or Geospatial Science.

Additional Degree Requirements (15 credits)

Students enrolled in the B.S. degree program will take one elective course in each of the following three areas in order to have a broad understanding of economics:

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

Economics Electives (6 credits)

Students enrolled in the B.S. degree program will take an additional six (6) credit hours in Economics which may be satisfied by any ECON prefixed elective course unless otherwise specified.

Electives (15-20 credits)

Total Credits Needed for Degree 120

Bachelor of Science in Economics Probation Policy

Upon entry to the major, B.S. students are required to maintain a Grade Point Average (GPA) no lower than 2.25 in their college major, as defined by the Catalog. If a student’s GPA falls below 2.25 in his or her college major, that student will have one semester plus wintermester (if student is on probation for the fall semester) or the summer terms (if student is on probation for the spring term) to raise his or her GPA to the minimum level. Failure to achieve the minimum level GPA in one semester plus the summer or wintermester term will result in removal from the Bachelor of Science in Economics degree program.

Graduation Requirements

Students must have an overall grade point average GPA of at least 2.0 in all courses taken at Radford to graduate with the B.S. degree in Economics. In addition, students must have at least a 2.25 major GPA. For the purpose of computing the major GPA, the major is defined as all Required Courses, Economics Core courses and Additional Degree Requirements credit hours prescribed for the major by the department. 

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