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CAREER PROSPECTS Highest-paying majors: Economics |
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Economists: What they do? Economists study the production and distribution of resources, goods and services and apply economic analysis to issues in a variety of fields, such as education, health, development and the environment. Some economists study the cost of products, health care or energy. Others examine employment levels, business cycles or exchange rates. Still others analyze the effect of taxes, inflation or interest rates. |
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Bachelor of Business (BB) in Economics
All students seeking the Bachelor of Business in Economics must complete I, II, III, IV, and V below, and the foreign language/global issues requirement for the major#. The minimum semester hour requirement for the baccalaureate degree is 120 s.h.
Pre-Economics students who have earned 60 hours, but are ineligible to declare a business major will be limited to a maximum of 29 hours of business courses (see Limit on Business Credits page 84) and may be removed from business courses.
- University General Education Curriculum: 43 s.h.
- Business Core Courses†: 33 s.h.
- Department Core Courses: 9 s.h.
ECON 197, 330 or 332, 331, 497; CS 302 or DS 490 - Directed Electives
Choose #1 or #2:- General Economics
Select 18 s.h. of 300 or 400 level Economics courses (Students may take up to 6 s.h. of coursework in related areas and substitute them for departmental electives with approval of the department chairperson.) - Emphases of Study
Students must choose two emphases from a, b, c, d, and e with 9 s.h. in each chosen emphasis; a minimum of 12 total hours must be in ECON/DS.- Monetary Economics: ECON 325, 328, 425, 471; ECON 487 or DS 303; DS 490; AGEC 447, 457, 458; FIN 341, 371, 441, 471
- Public Policy: ECON 310, 315, 328, 350, 390, 430, 432, 440, 445, 460, 465; ECON 487 or DS 303; DS 490; POLS 300, 302, 393
- Quantitative Economics: ECON 445, 481; ECON 487 or DS 303; DS 423, 435, 490; MATH 311, 333, 341; STAT 276
- International Economics: ECON 420, 425, 470, 471; ECON 487 or DS 303; DS 490; BL 484; INAG 310; MGT 485; MKTG 317; POLS 331; SCM 411
- Business Economics: ECON 315, 325, 332, 440, 445, 460; ECON 487 or DS 303; DS 435, 490; AGEC 447, 457, 458
- General Economics
- Open Electives: 17 s.h.
- Other: 15 s.h.*
Natural Sciences/Mathematics: MATH 137 and STAT 171
Social Sciences: ECON 231 and 232; PSY 100 or SOC 100
#The foreign language/global issues graduation requirement may be fulfilled by successfully completing one of the following: 1) an intermediate foreign language requirement; 2) a General Education global issues course; 3) any major’s discipline-specific global issues course; or 4) an approved study abroad program.
†BCOM 320 (Business Core) fulfills the Writing Instruction in the Discipline (WID) graduation requirement.
*15 s.h. may count toward the University General Education requirement.
