Updated 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Economics, B.S. major

Required Credits: 46
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
• ECON 2100 Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle (3 credits)
• ECON 4000 Microeconomic Decisions (3 credits)
• ECON 4100 Macroeconomic Growth and Fluctuations (3 credits)
• ECON 4880 Economics Capstone (3 credits)
• MATH 1170 College Algebra (4 credits)

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BUAD 2231 Business Statistics I (3 credits)
• STAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits)

II REQUIRED ELECTIVES

Select 24 semester credits of electives, 12 of which
must be in Economics or advisor approval. Select from:

• ECON 3010 Public Economics (3 credits)
• ECON 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
• ECON 3070 Labor Economics (3 credits)
• ECON 3200 Economics of the Financial Sector (3 credits)
• ECON 3230 Benefit/Cost Analysis (3 credits)
• ECON 3400 International Trade and Finance (3 credits)
• ECON 3700 Current Economic Topics (1-3 credits)

• ENVR 3600 Environmental Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
• GEOG 3231 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 3400 Economic Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 4120 Urban Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 4265 Spatial Analysis (3 credits)
• MATH 2471 Calculus I (5 credits)
• STAT 3610 Time Series Analysis (3 credits)

 

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR ECONOMICS MAJOR, B.S.

The following is a tentative schedule for economics majors. It is meant only as a
rough guide. In particular, it is possible for a motivated student to finish the rest
of the program requirements in less than three years.

Freshman

• Liberal Education courses

Sophomore

• ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
• ECON 2100 Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle (3 credits)
• BUAD 2231 Business Statistics I (3 credits)
  or STAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits)
• Electives

Junior

• ECON 4000 Microeconomic Decisions (3 credits)
• ECON 4100 Macroeconomic Growth and Fluctuations (3 credits)
• Electives

Senior

• GEOG 4265 Spatial Analysis (3 credits)
• STAT 3610 Time Series Analysis (3 credits)
• ECON 4880 Economics Capstone (3 credits)
• Remaining electives