Economics - Quantitative Option
Major: Economics- Quantitative Option
Degree Type: 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.
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
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 Credits | 39 |
* | 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
The declaration of a MATHEMATICS or STATISTICS minor is required.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Required Core Courses for Economics Quantitative Option | ||
ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics (May satisfy general education category B) | 3 |
ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics (May satisfy general education category B) | 3 |
ECON 341 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
ECON 343 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 410 | Econometrics | 3 |
Economics Electives: Select 6 credits from the following; at least 3 credits must be an approved capstone. | 6 | |
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 | ||
Additional Electives: | ||
AGRI 189 | Skills for Academic Success 1 | 1 |
MIS 116 | Business Use of Computers | 3 |
MATH 165 | Calculus I (May satisfy general education category R) | 4 |
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 | |
Total Credits | 51-52 |
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.
- The Economics Quantitative option is available as a Bachelor of Science degree only.