Economics - Quantitative Option
Major: Economics- Quantitative Option
Degree Type: 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 | |
| Business and Professional Writing | ||
| Writing in the Technical Professions | ||
| Writing in the Sciences | ||
| Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Researching and Writing Grants and Proposal | ||
| COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| Quantitative Reasoning (R): | ||
| MATH 165 | Calculus I | 4 |
| 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 Perspective (G): | ||
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Total Credits | 41 | |
Major Requirements
The declaration of a MATHEMATICS or STATISTICS minor is required.
| General Education Requirements | 40 | |
| Required Core Courses for Economics Quantitative Option | ||
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 341 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 343 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 410 | Econometrics | 3 |
| ECON 491 | Seminar (Capstone Course) | 1 |
| Economics Electives: Select 6 credits from the following: | 6 | |
| Game Theory and Strategy | ||
| History of Economic Thought | ||
| Economic Development | ||
| Labor Economics | ||
| Public Economics | ||
| International Trade | ||
| Monetary Theory and Policy | ||
| Industrial Organization | ||
| Natural Resource Economics | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Additional Electives: | ||
| MATH 166 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH 259 | Multivariate Calculus | 3-4 |
| or MATH 265 | Calculus III | |
| MATH 266 | Introduction to Differential Equations | 3 |
| or STAT 368 | Statistics | |
| STAT 367 | Probability | 3 |
| or STAT 467 | Probability and Mathematical Statistics I | |
| 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 53 credits to reach 128 | 53 | |
| 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.
- The Economics Quantitative option is available as a Bachelor of Science degree only.
