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B.A. or B.S. Degree Requirements
Economics Major

All requirements for economics majors are outlined below.

Required Courses 12-13
*COMM 114. Public Speaking.       3
*ITEC 100. Information Technology       3
or  
ITEC 120. Principles of Computer Science I       4
*MATH 126. Business Calculus  
 or  
*MATH 151. Calculus and Analytic Geometry       3
*STAT 200. Introduction to Statistics       3
*These courses may also be used to satisfy General Education Requirements
Economics Core    18
*ECON 105:106. Principles of Economics
ECON 305:306. Intermediate Economic Theory
ECON 330. Money and Banking
ECON 495. Current Topics in Economics
 		    3:3
   3:3
   3
   3
 
* May be used to satisfy General Education Requirements.
Concentration
(Majors  must choose one of the three concentrations listed below.)		    18
 
 
B.A./B.S. Requirements
(See below.)		   6-12
 
General Education and Electives
 
Majors must elect courses from the following areas to total
120 semester hours: accounting, finance, information systems,
management, marketing, economics, foreign languages, geography,
history, humanities, mathematics, statistics, computer science, philosophy,
political science, psychology, and/or sociology.
   59-66




 
Total Credits Needed for Degree
 		   120
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 (the first four in Spanish) 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 above the first eight hours of language instruction (above nine in Spanish)for a total of 6 to 8 semester hours.
  6-12
BS 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.
  6-8
Economics Concentrations  
Basic Concentration
This concentration requires an additional 18 semester hours in economics electives.
    18
Managerial Concentration
(18 semester hours)
Concentration prepares students for the high entry level, high responsibility, non-specialized, managerial market. This concentration is recommended for students planning to pursue graduate studies in economics.
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..
 		 3
3
3
3
3
3
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.		 3
3
3
3
6
 
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.