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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Economics Major (Business Administration), BS in Business Administration – Traditional Option


The economics major provides an opportunity to apply the  theoretical and analytical rigor of basic managerial and macroeconomic tools to contemporary issues in economics and business. Students choose from a traditional option (24 hours in economics), a collateral option (complementary course work in finance, mathematics, or statistics), or a dual concentration in international business. Electives, as well as major course work under the traditional option, consider topics such as business/industrial organization and public finance, as well as international, quantitative, monetary, regional/urban, environmental, labor, and health economics. Majors pursue careers in the traditional business disciplines, consulting, all levels of government service, and a variety of other fields. The program provides excellent training for graduate work in economics, business, public policy, and law. Students planning to pursue graduate study in economics should elect the quantitative economics and mathematics collateral option.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration • Economics Major • Traditional Option


                            

First Year

Hours Credit

1, 2Written Communication: ENGL 101 *, ENGL 102 * 6
3Quantitative Reasoning: MATH 123 *, MATH 125 * or MATH 141 *, MATH 142 * 6 or 8
Cultures and Civilizations: Intermediate Foreign Language* 6
Natural Sciences* 6 or 8
Social Sciences* 3
Oral Communication: CMST 210 *,  *, CMST 240 *, or  * 3
   

Second Year

 
ACCT 200  3
Social Sciences: ECON 201 * 4
Written Communication:  ENGL 255 *,  *, or ENGL 295 * 3
STAT 201  3
BUAD 201  4
2Arts and Humanities* 6
4Non-US History 3
Electives 3
   

Third Year

 
BUAD 331 , BUAD 332  4
BUAD 341 , BUAD 342  4
Ethics: PHIL 243 , PHIL 244 , or PHIL 443  3
FINC 301  3
ECON 312  3
ECON 313  3
BUAD 353  3
BUAD 361  3
Economics Major Coursework 3
   

Fourth Year

 
Economics Major Coursework 3
BULW 301  3
Economics Electives (four additional economics courses, with at least two at the 400 level) 12
  3
Electives 7-11
   
 

Total 120

   

Economics Major Coursework Options (choose one area of focus):

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS – ECON 362 , ECON 463 .
HEALTH ECONOMICS – ECON 436 , PUBH 300 .
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS – ECON 322 , ECON 421 .
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION – ECON 331 , ECON 435 .
LABOR ECONOMICS – ECON 441 ; MGT 472 .
MONEY/MACROECONOMICS – ECON 351 , ECON 413 .
PUBLIC ECONOMICS – ECON 371 , ECON 472 .
QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS – ECON 381 , ECON 482 .
REGIONAL/URBAN ECONOMICS – ECON 361 ; FINC 485  (ACCT 301  prerequisite).
   
* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Must be completed by the end of the First Year.
2 Students who complete ENGL 118  with a grade of A or B will complete their first year composition requirement by choosing ENGL 102  or a second-year literature course in the English Department. If the second-year literature course appears on the Arts and Humanities list, the course may also be counted toward the Arts and Humanities requirement.
3 MATH 125  or MATH 141  are prerequisites for STAT 201 , which is taken during the second semester of the Second Year. As a result, either MATH 125  or MATH 141  must be completed by the end of the first semester of the Second Year. Students testing into MATH 100  or MATH 119  must complete these courses during their First Year to ensure that MATH 125  or MATH 141  can be completed during the first semester of the Second Year. Students who have not completed MATH 125  by the end of their First Year should take MATH 125  in the first semester of their Second Year, prior to taking MATH 123 .
4 One course from: AFST 235 , AFST 236 ; HIST 241 , HIST 242 , HIST 247 , HIST 248 , HIST 255 , HIST 256 , HIST 261 , HIST 262 ; LAMS 251 , LAMS 252 ; MDST 201 , MDST 202 .