Major Requirements

Major: Economics (Standard Option)

Degree Type: B.A. or B.S.
Required Degree Credits to Graduate: 128

General Education Requirements

First Year Experience (F):
AGRI 189	Skills for Academic Success (Students transferring in 24 or more credits do not need to take AGRI 189.)	1
Communication (C):
ENGL 110	College Composition I	3
ENGL 120	College Composition II	3
One Course in Upper Level Writing. Select from the following:		3
ENGL 320	Business and Professional Writing
ENGL 321	Writing in the Technical Professions
ENGL 324	Writing in the Sciences
ENGL 358	Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences
ENGL 459	Researching and Writing Grants and Proposal
COMM 110	Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
Quantitative Reasoning (R):
STAT 330	Introductory Statistics	3
Science & Technology (S):
CSCI 116	Business Use of Computers	4
A one-credit lab must be taken as a co-requisite with a general education science/technology course unless the course includes an embedded lab experience equivalent to a one-credit course. Select from current general education list.		6
Humanities & Fine Arts (A): Select from current general education list		6
Social & Behavioral Sciences (B):
ECON 201	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 202	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
Wellness (W): Select from current general education list		2
Cultural Diversity (D): Select from current general education list
Global Perspectives (G):
ECON 201	Principles of Microeconomics	3
Total Credits		40

Major Requirements

General Education Requirements		40
Required Courses for Economics
ECON 201	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 202	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
STAT 330	Introductory Statistics	3
ECON 341	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
ECON 343	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
ECON 491	Seminar (Capstone Course)	1
Economics Electives: Select 15 credits from the following:		15
ECON 410	Econometrics
ECON 440	Game Theory and Strategy
ECON 456	History of Economic Thought
ECON 461	Economic Development
ECON 465	Labor Economics
ECON 470	Public Economics
ECON 472	International Trade
ECON 476	Monetary Theory and Policy
ECON 480	Industrial Organization
ECON 481	Natural Resource Economics
ECON 482	Environmental Economics
Select no more than 3 credits from the following as part of the 15 economics electives:
AGEC 339	Quantitative Methods & Decision Making
AGEC 344	Agricultural Price Analysis
AGEC 346	Applied Risk Analysis
AGEC 347	Principles of Real Estate
AGEC 445	Agribusiness Industrial Strategy
AGEC 446	Agribusiness Finance
ECON 324	Money and Banking
FIN 410	Investment Analysis and Management
FIN 420	Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
FIN 430	Management of Financial Institutions
FIN 440	International Finance
FIN 450	Money and Capital Markets
FIN 460	Corporate Finance
BUSN 487	Managerial Economics
Mathematics Requirements (6-7 credits):
MATH 144	Mathematics for Business	4
or MATH 146	Applied Calculus I
STAT 331	Regression Analysis	2-3
or ECON 410	Econometrics
NOTE: STAT 331 is waived if ECON 410 is taken.
Additional Requirements
Humanities & Fine Arts: May be selected from the currrent general education list or any course with a prefix of: ART, CLAS, ENGL, FREN, GERM, HIST, HUM, MUSC, PHIL, SPAN, or THEA.		3
Social & Behavioral Sciences: Three (3) credits must be selected from the current general education list while the remaining three (3) credits may be any course with a prefix of: ANTH, CJ, GEOG, POLS, PSYC, or SOC.		6
Degree Requirements: Potential of 50-51 credits to reach 128 for B.S. degree. Potential of 47-48 credits to reach 128 credits for B.A. degree.		51
Total Credits		128-129

Degree Requirements and Notes

• Students must earn, at least, a 2.00 cumulative GPA that is based on the courses that satisfy major requirements.
• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree - A minor program of study is required.
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree - An additional 3 credits of 300-400 level humanities, social sciences or study abroad is required along with the successful completion of a second year language proficiency.