Economics - Standard Option
Major Requirements
Major: Economics (Standard Option)
Degree Type: B.A. or B.S.
Required Degree Credits to Graduate: 128
General Education Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 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): | ||
| 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
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Economics Electives: Select 15 credits from the following; 3 credits must be an approved capstone: | 15 | |
| Econometrics | ||
| Game Theory and Strategy (Approved as capstone) | ||
| History of Economic Thought | ||
| Economic Development (Approved as capstone) | ||
| Labor Economics | ||
| Public Economics (Approved as capstone) | ||
| International Trade | ||
| Monetary Theory and Policy | ||
| Industrial Organization (Approved as capstone) | ||
| Natural Resource Economics | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
Select no more than 3 credits from the following as part of the 15 economics electives: | ||
| Quantitative Methods & Decision Making | ||
| Agricultural Price Analysis | ||
| Applied Risk Analysis | ||
| Principles of Real Estate | ||
| Agribusiness Industrial Strategy | ||
| Agribusiness Finance | ||
| Money and Banking | ||
| Investment Analysis and Management | ||
| Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives | ||
| Management of Financial Institutions | ||
| International Finance | ||
| Money and Capital Markets | ||
| Corporate Finance | ||
| Managerial Economics | ||
| Mathematics Requirements (6-7 credits): | ||
| MATH 144 | Mathematics for Business (or any higher math) | 4 |
| STAT 331 | Regression Analysis | 2-3 |
| or ECON 410 | Econometrics | |
| 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 52 credits to reach 128 for B.S. degree. Potential of 49 credits to reach 128 credits for B.A. degree. | 52 | |
| 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.
