Business Economics Concentration: Course Requirements

This program serves the interests of those students who seek immediate career opportunities in business. By combining course work from economics and business/accounting with an optional internship or coop in a business in the U.S. or overseas, Business Economics students are prepared to enter jobs in finance, marketing or general administration.

Required Economics Courses

• ECO 200* Principles of Macroeconomics - 3 credits
• ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics - 3 credits
• ECO 215** Statistics for Business and Economics - 3 credits
• ECO 300 Quantitative Methods for Economics - 3 credits
• ECO 301 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis - 3 credits
• ECO 302^ Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis - 3 credits
• Choose one:
  • ECO 322^ Environmental Economics - 3 credits
  • ECO 333 Health Economics - 3 credits
  • ECO 345 Industrial Organization and Development - 3 credits
• ECO 479 Senior Economics Seminar - 3 credits
• ECO 490 Internship in Economics - 1-6 credits

Electives

• Choose one:
  • ECO 305 Introduction to Econometrics - 3 credits
  • ECO 325^ Money and Banking - 3 credits
  • ECO 330^ Labor Economics - 3 credits
  • ECO 331 Economics of Sports - 3 credits
  • ECO 343 Media Economics - 3 credits
  • ECO 350 International Economics - 3 credits

Business/Accounting Courses

An additional nine (9) credits (three courses) from accounting, business, finance and/or business information systems, excluding internships and  independent studies.

Total: 37-42 credits

*approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier I Social Sciences

**approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier II Applied Information Technology

^meets Stage 2 University Writing Requirement (2 courses required)

^^meets Stage 3 University Writing Requirement