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


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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 (27 hours in economics), a collateral option (complementary coursework in finance, mathematics, or statistics), a concentration in international business, or a concentration in Heath Integrated Business and Engineering. Electives, as well as major coursework 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.

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Economics Major – Collateral Option


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
1,2ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118  3 2.5 cumulative GPA
4MATH 123 *, MATH 141 *, or MATH 147  3-4  
3Natural Sciences  Elective* 3-4  
CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, or CMST 247  3  
5Unrestricted Elective 3  
8BUAD 100  or BUAD 210   1  
Term 2
1,2ENGL 102  3 2.5 cumulative GPA
3Global Citizenship - International  Elective* 3  
MATH 125 *, MATH 142 * or MATH 148  3-4  
3Natural Sciences  Elective* 3-4  
MGT 202   3  
Term 3
7ACCT 200  or ACCT 203  or ACCT 208   3 2.5 cumulative GPA
3Arts and Humanities  Elective* 3  
ECON 211 * or ECON 217  3  
ENGL 255 *, ENGL 257 *, or ENGL 295  3  
9Expanded Perspectives  Elective* 3  
Term 4
3Global Citizenship - US  Elective* 3 2.5 Cumulative GPA and completion of following courses with C or better: MATH 123 *-MATH 125 * or MATH 141 *-MATH 142 *; CMST 210 * or CMST 240 *; ENGL 255 * or ENGL 295 *; ACCT 200  or ACCT 203 ; ECON 211 *; ECON 213 *; STAT 201 * or STAT 207 *; MGT 202  
INMT 242 * 3  
ECON 213 * or ECON 218 *   3  
STAT 201 * or STAT 207  3  
5Unrestricted Elective 2  
BUAD 200   1  
Term 5
BUAD 331   2 INMT 242 *
BUAD 332   2  
BUAD 341   2  
BUAD 342 * 2  
ECON 311   3  
7FINC 301  or FINC 306   3  
BUAD 300 * 1  
Term 6
Collateral 3 2.5 cumulative GPA
ECON 313   3 BUAD 331 , BUAD 332   
6Economics Elective (300-level) 3 ECON 311  
5Unrestricted Elective 2  
BUAD 453 * 4  
Term 7
BULW 301   2 ECON 313  
BUAD 205  or ECON 305  or MGT 311  or PHIL 244 * or PHIL 252  3  
6Economics Elective (300-level) 3  
6Economics Elective (400-level) 3  
5Unrestricted Elective 3  
Term 8
Collateral 6 No milestones
6ECON 381  or Economics Elective (400-level) 3  
5Unrestricted Electives  5  
BUAD 405   1  
TOTAL 120  

Economics Collateral Options

ACCOUNTING - ACCT 311  and two of: ACCT 414 , ACCT 431 , ACCT 481  (INMT 341  prerequisite), or INMT 341 .
BUSINESS ANALYTICS - BAS 474  and two of: BAS 320 , BAS 454 , BAS 471 , or BAS 476 . (Students who do not take BAS 320  must have proficiency in R programming language to take other indicated BAS courses.)
FINANCE - FINC 420 , and two of: FINC 381 , FINC 425 ; FINC 435 , FINC 450 , FINC 475 , or FINC 481 . (Students who plan on taking FINC 481  will need to take FINC 381  first.)
QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS AND MATH - MATH 142 *, MATH 241 , MATH 251 .

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 English composition requirement by choosing ENGL 102 *, a sophomore-level course in the English department, or ENGL 355 *. If the sophomore-level English course appears on the Arts and Humanities  list, the course may also be counted toward the Arts and Humanities  requirement.
3 Chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
4 Students who have already completed MATH 132 * with a C or better may substitute that for MATH 141 *.
5 Any courses not already required for the major.
6 Students completing the collateral in quantitative economics and math will complete ECON 381  and ECON 482  as two of the four required economics elective courses. 
7 Students pursuing a collateral in Finance must choose ACCT 203  or ACCT 208 , and FINC 306 .
8 First-semester freshmen should take BUAD 100 ; transfer students should take BUAD 210 .
9 At least three hours from courses among the Volunteer Core : Applied Arts and Humanities (AAH) Courses , Arts and Humanities , Global Citizenship - International , Global Citizenship - US  , or Social Sciences  lists.

 * Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

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