General 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.
The following courses are required for all General Economic majors
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 301 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis - 3 credits
- ECO 302^ Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis - 3 credits
- ECO 479^^ Senior Economics Seminar - 3 credits
- ECO 490 Internship in Economics - 1-6 credits
Electives
- Choose five (5) courses:
- ECO 305^ Introduction to Econometrics - 3 credits
- ECO 312 Economics of Gender - 3 credits
- ECO 320 Inequality and Economic Development - 3 credits
- ECO 322^ Environmental Economics - 3 credits
- ECO 325^ Money and Banking - 3 credits
- ECO 330^ Labor Economics - 3 credits
- ECO 331 Economics of Sports - 3 credits
- ECO 333 Health Economics - 3 credits
- ECO 335 Urban and Regional Economics - 3 credits
- ECO 343 Media Economics - 3 credits
- ECO 345 Industrial Organization and Development - 3 credits
- ECO 350 International Economics - 3 credits
- ECO 363 Behavioral & Experimental Economics - 3 credits
- ECO 377 Public Finance - 3 credits
- ECO 465 Special Topics in Economics - 3 credits
- Note: Students interested in graduate school are strongly recommended to take ECO 305, Introduction to Econometrics, and may substitute two of the following MAT-designated courses for two ECO-designated courses:
- MAT 243 Calculus I with Technology - 3 credits
- MAT 244 Calculus II with Technology - 3 credits
- MAT 315 Applied Probability and Statistics - 3 credits
- MAT 340 Calculus III - 3 credits
- MAT 341 Differential Equations - 3 credits
Total: 34-39 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
