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Economics - Standard Option

Major Requirements

Major: Economics (Standard Option)

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

General Education Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree

  • A list of approved general education courses is available here .
  • General education courses may be used to satisfy requirements for both general education and the major, minor, and program emphases, where applicable. Students should carefully review the major, minor, and program emphases requirements for minimum grade restrictions, should they apply.
Communication (C)12
College Composition I
College Composition II
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Upper Division Writing
Quantitative Reasoning (R) 3
Science and Technology (S) 10
Humanities and Fine Arts (A) 6
Social and Behavioral Sciences (B) 6
Wellness (W) 2
Cultural Diversity (D) *†
Global Perspectives (G) *†
Total Credits39
*

 May be satisfied by completing courses in another General Education category.

 May be satisfied with courses required in the major. Review major requirements to determine if a specific upper division writing course is required.

Major Requirements

Required Courses for Economics
ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics (May satisfy general education category B)3
ECON 202Principles of Macroeconomics (May satisfy general education category B)3
ECON 341Intermediate Microeconomics3
ECON 343Intermediate Macroeconomics3
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
Other Requirements
AGRI 189Skills for Academic Success 11
MIS 116Business Use of Computers3
MATH 144Mathematics for Business (or any higher math)4
STAT 330Introductory Statistics (May satisfy general education category R)3
STAT 331Regression Analysis2 or 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
Total Credits47-49
1

 AGRI189 is only required for first-time, first-year students--A first-time, first-year student is defined as a student who has not yet completed a college course as a college student.  Students that are not first-time, first-year students that either transfer into the university or change their major are not required to take AGRI 189.

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.