Economics — Bachelor of Science The Bachelor of Science degree with a major in economics prepares students for success in a wide variety of careers. Although various roles in businesses are most common, economic majors are successful in law, medicine, government, nonprofit, and international relations, as well as in academic roles Students will be prepared for graduate study in fields of economics, business, public administration, public policy, and law. Course requirements involve 68 semester hours including: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I............................................3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...........................................3 BUS-2150 Statistics for Business...................................................3 BUS-2180 Business Law I. ............................................................3 ECON-2330 Microeconomics. .......................................................3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics. ......................................................3 ECON-3335 Intermediate Microeconomics....................................3 ECON/HIST-3340 History of Economic Thought............................3 ECON-3345 Intermediate Macroeconomics. .................................3 ECON/PUAD-3390 Public Finance. ...............................................3 FIN-3710 Principles of Finance......................................................3 ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business...........................................2 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management.............3 *MGMT-4510 Strategic Management.............................................3 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing...............................................3 Economics concentrations selected from...............................24 *Business Analytics concentration BUS-2170 Introduction to Business Analytics........................ 3 BUS-3150 Operations Analysis. ............................................ 3 BUS-4150 Advanced Business Analytics and Visualization... 3 ECON-3375 Mathematical Economics.................................. 3 ECON-4110 Introduction to Econometrics............................. 3 ITM-2100 Database Management......................................... 3 Select two of the following..................................................... 6 ECON-3310 Money and Financial Markets.....................3 ECON-3350 Comparative Economic Systems................3 ECON-3360 International Trade Economics...................3 ECON-3380 Economic Development and Political Economy.................................................3 ECON-3410 Topics in Economics...................................3 *Students opting to take the Business Analytics concentration are not eligible to take the Business Analytics minor. Political Economy concentration ECON-3375 Mathematical Economics.................................. 3 ECON-4110 Introduction to Econometrics............................. 3 HIST-3120 History of Recent and Contemporary America. ... 3 HIST-3720 History of Political Thought II............................... 3 POLS-3790 Comparative Politics.......................................... 3 Select three of the following. ................................................. 9 ECON-3310 Money and Financial Markets.....................3 ECON-3360 International Trade Economics...................3 ECON-3410 Topics in Economics...................................3 POLS-3730 American Political Thought..........................3 POLS-4640 American Constitutional Law: Government Powers and Federalism...............................................3 *Capstone Course Required Cognate........................................................................5 MATH-1710 Calculus I............................................................... 5 (Satisfies quantitative requirement for general education core.) Economics — B.S. Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency Requirements. .........................................................0–4 General Education Requirements................................................42 Economics Major Requirements..................................................68 Required Cognate..........................................................................5 Electives....................................................................................... 13 Total (minimum, not including proficiency)........................... 128 A complete description of the general education requirements is found on page 26. Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in Economics — B.S. First year: BTGE-1725 The Bible and the Gospel...............................................3 COM-1100 Fundamentals of Speech.................................................3 ENG-1400 Composition.....................................................................3 GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture...........................................3 HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities.........................................3 ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business...............................................2 MATH-1710 Calculus I........................................................................5 Biological Science Elective. ............................................................3.5 Physical Science Elective. ..............................................................3.5 Humanities Elective. ..........................................................................3 Total................................................................................................. 32 Second year: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I................................................3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...............................................3 BTGE-2730 Old Testament Literature................................................3 BTGE-2740 New Testament Literature...............................................3 BUS-2150 Statistics for Business.......................................................3 BUS-2180 Business Law I. ................................................................3 ECON-2330 Microeconomics. ...........................................................3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics. ..........................................................3 PEF-1990 Physical Activity and Healthy Living..................................2 LIT-2XXX Literature Elective. .............................................................3 General Elective.................................................................................3 Total................................................................................................. 32 Third year: BTGE-3755 Theology I. .....................................................................3 BTGE-3765 Theology II. ....................................................................3 ECON-3335 Intermediate Microeconomics........................................3 ECON-3345 Intermediate Macroeconomics. .....................................3 FIN-3710 Principles of Finance..........................................................3 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management.................3 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing...................................................3 Concentration Electives. ....................................................................9 General Electives...............................................................................3 Total................................................................................................. 33 Fourth year: ECON/HIST-3340 History of Economic Thought................................3 ECON/PUAD-3390 Public Finance....................................................3 MGMT-4510 Strategic Management. .................................................3 Concentration Electives. .................................................................. 15 General Electives...............................................................................7 Total................................................................................................. 31 2022–23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Page 73 School of Business Administration Economics — Bachelor of Science
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