COLLEGE of ARTS and SCIENCES
ECONOMICS and INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
The Department of Economics in the College of Business offers an economics major to Bachelor of Arts candidates in the College of Arts and Sciences. (Additional information may be found under the Economics and International Business section in the College of Business chapter later in this catalog).
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DEGREE: Bachelor of Arts
MAJOR: Economics
MINOR: Economics
The study of economics can lead to career positions in economics and related managerial and technical specialties in businesses, financial institutions, government, and education. Qualified students are also prepared for graduate study in economics, business administration including management, and law. Students who plan to pursue graduate work in economics or to become professional economic analysts should consider taking supplementary courses in accounting, computer science, mathematics, quantitative economics and/or statistics, in addition to those listed below as required.
A student must earn a grade of C or better in both the departmental and nondepartmental requirements.
Nondepartmental Requirements
| ACCT 251, Management Accounting; or ACCT 252, Financial Accounting | 3 |
| MATH 120, Intermediate Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 142G, Applied Mathematics for the Biological and Social Sciences I | 3 |
| MATH 121, College Algebra, or MATH 230, Matrices and Linear Programming | 3 |
| STAT 251, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, or E ST 311G, Statistical Applications | 3 |
Departmental Requirements
| ECON 251G, Principles of Macroeconomics; and 252G, Principles of Microeconomics | 6 |
| ECON 304, Money and Banking | 3 |
| ECON 371, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory | 3 |
| ECON 372, Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| ECON 405, Economic Statistics | 3 |
| ECON 489, Senior Seminar in Economics | 3 |
Nine additional credits numbered 300 or above to bring total upper-division in major to 24.
Electives: Sufficient to bring total credits to 128, including 48 upper-division.
MINOR: Economics
A minor in economics consists of 18 or more credit hours of approved course work in economics of which at least 12 are numbered 300 or higher, all completed with a grade of "C" or higher.
| Required courses: ECON 251G, Principles of Macroeconomics; and ECON 252G, Principles of Microeconomics (ECON 201 G, Introduction to Economics, may be substituted for one of these with the approval of the department head) | 6 |
| One of the following: ECON 304, Money and Business; ECON 372, Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory; or ECON 454 , Business Fluctuations and Forecasting | 3 |
| One of the following: ECON 401, Managerial Economics; or ECON 371, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory | 3 |
| The remaining 6 credits may be satisfied with any upper-division economics courses (numbered 300 or higher) | 6 |