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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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


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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 *
  • 4 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 15


Term 5 Milestone Notes


Term 6


  • 5 Economics Major coursework 3 Credit Hours
  • Economics Elective (300-level) 3 Credit Hours
  • 4 Unrestricted Elective 2 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 15


Term 6 Milestone Notes


  • 2.5 cumulative GPA

Term 7


  • 5 Economics Major coursework 3 Credit Hours
  • Economics Elective (400-level) 3 Credit Hours
  • 4 Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 14


Term 7 Milestone Notes


Term 8


  • Economics Elective 3 Credit Hours
  • Economics Elective (400-level) 3 Credit Hours
  • 4 Unrestricted Electives 5 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 15


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. Any courses not already required for the major.
  5. Economics Major Coursework (choose one area of focus): Environmental Economics (ECON 362 , ECON 463 ); Health Economics (ECON 436 ; select one of: PUBH 350 , PUBH 401 , PUBH 420 ); 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 471 , ECON 472 ); Quantitative Economics (ECON 381 , ECON 482 ).
  6. Students pursuing the Quantitative Economics area of focus should take the additional 400-level Economics course option.
  7. First-semester freshmen should take BUAD 100 ; transfer students should take BUAD 210 .
  8. 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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