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.

• ECO 200* Introduction of Macroeconomics - 3 credits
• ECO 201 Introduction of Microeconomics - 3 credits
• ECO 215** Statistics for Business and Economics - 3 credits
• ECO 245   Research Methods
• ECO 301  Microeconomic Theory - 3 credits
• ECO 302^Macroeconomic Theory- 3 credits
• ECO 479  Senior Economics Seminar - 3 credits (Cross listed)
• ECO 490 Internship in Economics - 3 credits (Cross listed)

• Choose 2 ( 6 credits) from the following for Business Economics Concentration:
  • ECO 305 Introduction to Econometrics - 3 credits
  • ECO 322  Sustainability and Environmental Economics - 3 credits
  • ECO 325^ Money and Banking - 3 credits
  • ECO 330^ Labor Economics and Inequality - 3 credits
  • ECO 331 Economics of Sports - 3 credits
  • ECO 343 Media Economics - 3 credits
  • ECO 465 Special Topics in Economics - 3 credits

Business Economics

• Choose 3 courses (9 credits)  in 300 or 400 level courses in 1 of the following: Accounting, Business, Finance, and/or Business Information Systems, excluding Internships and Independent Studies.

*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