2024-2025 Catalog

 

Economics - not-a-stand-alone-major

Purpose

The Economics major is designed to prepare students for careers in business, financial services, government or teaching, and for students planning to pursue a graduate degree in Economics or a related discipline. Career opportunities for students majoring in Economics include financial analyst, investment broker, banker, economics researcher, market forecaster, government analyst, and with further study, university teacher. A major in Economics includes 30 credit hours of economics and a companion (first) major in any one of the following areas: accounting, business administration, communications, computer information systems, criminal justice, entrepreneurship, finance, history, management, marketing, mathematics, political science, psychology, social work, or other majors as accepted and approved by the department. The degree type associated with Economics will be determined by the first major. The Economics programs are not ACBSP accredited.

General Education Competencies

Students must meet the general education competencies and requirements by taking the approved standard courses. 

Requirements (40 credits)

Required Courses (18 credits)

ACC-201Accounting Principles I

3

MAT-305Statistics for Social Sciences

3

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or

BUS-320Business Statistics

3

ECO-212Microeconomics

3

ECO-213Macroeconomics

3

ECO-306Intermediate Microeconomics

3

ECO-307Intermediate Macroeconomics

3

Electives (12 credits)

MAT-253Calculus I

4

MAT-254Calculus II

4

ECO-315Urban Economics and Policy

3

ECO-320American Economic History

3

ECO-322Research Design and Methods in Political Science and Economics

3

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or

POL-322Research Design and Methods in Political Science and Economics

3

ECO-365Public Administration and Finance

3

ECO-444Money and Banking

3

ECO-454International Economics

3

FIN-330Investments

3

 
Note: Students with first majors within the DeVoe Division of Business will need 18 additional hours to add Economic as the second major while complying with the university policy of 51 unduplicated hours between two majors.

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