Economics (BS)

Economics examines the difficult choices that society, business enterprises, the public sector, and individuals must make to distribute resources. It also deals with explaining and forecasting how an economy will perform, and it provides analytical tools for determining the attractiveness of industries, markets and behaviors that will maximize profits.

Degree Requirements

Total Program: 78 semester hours

Prerequisite Requirements

30 semester hours

All students are expected to be proficient in word processing, spreadsheets, electronic communications, and information retrieval on the Internet. All students are encouraged to take BUS 101 Connect for Success Mentoring.

The following must be completed before enrolling in 300 or 400 level ACCT, BUS, ECON, or MGMT courses

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ACCT 201	Fundamentals of Accounting I	4
ACCT 202	Fundamentals of Accounting II	4
BUS 200	Information Technology	2
BUS 242	Achieving Professional Success	4
BUS 270	Statistics	4
ECON 220	Economic Analysis I	4
ECON 221	Economic Analysis II	4
BUS 272	Introduction to Operations Management	4

Core Requirements

48 semester hours

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
BUS 330	Business Finance	4
BUS 410	Management Information Systems	4
ECON 320	Intermediate Macroeconomics	4
ECON 321	Intermediate Microeconomics	4
ECON 323	Money & Banking	4
ECON 325	International Economics	4
ECON 327	Public Finance & Fiscal Policy	4
ECON 371	Econometrics	4
ECON 499	Senior Project	4
12 semester hours in 300-400 level BUS, ECON, or approved MGMT courses 1		4,4,4
Total Semester Hours		48

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Except for BUS 346 Written Business Communication, MGMT 360 Financial Management and Budgeting, MGMT 388 Statistics, or MGMT 496 Seminar in Management.

Concentrations

Economics students may pursue one of the concentrations listed under the B.S., Business Administration (Business Finance, Business Management, Human Resource Management, Information Technology, International Business, or Marketing) by satisfying all the requirements of the B.S., Economics and of the concentration. If a course is required for the major and also for the concentration, Economics students cannot use that course for the concentration and must take a different course in the concentration to fulfill the concentration requirement.