Department of Economics at Western Illinois University

Graduate Advisory Track System

Business Track

Suggested Courses in Economics
(Select 4 courses.)

ECON 421G Business Cycles and Economic Growth
ECON 440G Labor Theory
ECON 470G International Trade or ECON 570 International Trade Theory
ECON 512 Industrial Organization
ECON 513 Economic Theory and Forecasting
ECON 526 Global Markets
ECON 588 The Economics of Entrepreneurship
ECON 598 Entrepreneurial Experience

Suggested Elective Business Cognate Areas
(Select up to 3 courses. A fourth course
may be taken by petition.)

Accounting:

ACCT 507 Accounting for Management Decisions
ACCT 547 Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis

Computer Science:

CS 482G Survey of Microcomputer Applications

Decision Science:

DS 503 Business Statistics for Managerial Decision Making

Finance:

FIN 515 Finance for Managers
FIN 565 Financial Management: Theory and Practice

Marketing:

MKTG 516 Marketing Strategy and Functions
MKTG 566 Marketing Decision Making

Management:

MGT 500 The Management of People and Organizations