Economics, B.S.

B.S. Degree

All requirements for economics majors are outlined below.

Core Curriculum (43-45 credits)

(See here .)

Required Courses (9-10 credits)

• ITEC 281 - Data Management and Analysis with Spreadsheets

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• MATH 126 - Business Calculus * or
• MATH 169 - Calculus I with Integrated Precalculus II or
• MATH 171 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

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• STAT 200 - Introduction to Statistics *

Economics Core (24 credits)

• 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

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:

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.