Mar 28, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Economics Major, BS in Business Administration – International Business Concentration (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.

Term 1


  • 2 Natural Sciences  Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *
  • 5 Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 16-18


Term 1 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Term 2


Credit Hours 15-17


Term 2 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Term 3


Credit Hours 15


Term 3 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Term 4


Credit Hours 15


Term 4 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 Cumulative GPA
     

Credit Hours 16


Term 5 Milestone Notes


Credit Hours 15


Term 6 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Term 7


  • Economics Elective (300-400 level) 3 Credit Hours
  • 5 Unrestricted Electives 6 Credit Hours
  • 6 International Business coursework 6 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 15


Term 7 Milestone Notes


Term 8


  • Economics Elective (400-level) 3 Credit Hours
  • 6 International Business coursework 6 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 13


Term 8 Milestone Notes


  • No milestones

Total Credit Hours 120-124


Footnotes


  1. Must be completed by the end of the First Year.
  2. Chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
  3. Students who have already completed MATH 132 * with a C or better may substitute that for MATH 141 *.
  4. Students admitted to Smith Global Leadership Scholars will complete the honors versions of these courses – ACCT 208 , BUAD 337 , BUAD 338 , BUAD 457 *, ECON 218 *, FINC 308 , and STAT 207 *.
  5. Any courses not already required for the major. Students admitted to Smith Global Leadership Scholars will fulfill 10 hours of electives with the following courses – BUAD 217 , BUAD 317 *, BUAD 417 , BUAD 427 , and BUAD 497 .
  6. Twelve hours chosen from IB 407 , IB 409 , IB 429 , IB 439 , IB 449 , IB 492 , IB 499 , BUAD 400 * or MGT 472 ; and IB 489 .
  7. Students admitted to Smith Global Leadership Scholars will not take these courses due to content being covered elsewhere in their curriculum.
  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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