Overview
Pre-Major Requirements
Major Requirements
College Requirements

Overview of Business Economics Major
The Department offers two majors: a major in Economics and a major in Business Economics. The Business Economics major blends traditional economics courses with business courses in areas such as Accounting, Finance, Management and Marketing. The economics components in the Business Economics major give the students an edge over the students majoring in traditional Business areas. It is more suited for students who would like to work for the business sectors or pursue graduate studies in Business Administration.

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Pre-Major Requirements
The following courses are prerequisites for the Business Economics Major. It is recommended that students complete the pre-major courses before entering into the Economics major.

15-ECON-101 Introductory Microeconomics
15-ECON-102 Introductory Macroeconomics

15-ENGL-101, 102, 103 English Composition

15-MATH- 226, 227* Applied Calculus I, II
or 15-MATH-228, 229*

22-ACCT-261* or 15-ACCT-261* Financial Accounting
22-ACCT-262* or 15-ACCT-262* Managerial Accounting

22-BLAW-271* or 15-BLAW-271* Business Legal Environment

*Failure to successfully complete any one of these courses will prevent the student from enrolling in junior/senior level College of Business courses.

Pre-major Recommendations

• College of Applied Sciences:
  32-IET-121 Microcomputer Applications I
  32-IT-191   Intro. to Microcomputers I

  College of Business:
  22-IS-270   Principles of Information Systems

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Major Requirements

56 upper-division credits are required for the Economics major, distributed as follows:

1. Core Courses 23 credit hours.
   • Each course must be completed with a grade of C or better.
   • These should be taken reasonably early in your major program.
     


2. Field Courses 12 credit hours.
   • The average across all field courses must be a C or better.
   • Each student must take 2 courses in at least 2 fields.
   • Each of the area courses is a 3-credit hour course.
   • Prerequisites for all required field courses, unless stated otherwise
     15-ECON-320
     15-ECON-342
   
   
3. College of Business Courses 12 credit hours.
   All courses must have a course number of 300 - 599.
   Of the 12 credit hours, at least 9 credits of these upper division courses must be taken in one of the following areas:
   
   Accounting Concentration
   Finance Concentration
   Information System Concentration
   Management Concentration
   Marketing Concentration
   Operations Management
   Quantitative Analysis Concentration
   Real Estate Concentration
   


4. In addition to the 23 core credits, the 12 field credits and the 12 business school credits, business economics majors need another 9 credit hours of electives to satisfy the 56-hour requirement. Students can satisfy the remaining 9 hours in four ways:
   • Take additional courses from any of the listed fields.
   • Take any other upper-level course offered by the department, including Honors Seminar (15-ECON-431,432) and Special Problems (15-ECON-689).
   • Take a maximum of 6 credit hours of the Teaching Assistant Practicum (15-ECON-422)
   • Complete a maximum of 6 credit hours in the Internship Program.

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College Requirements

Link to the McMicken Arts and Sciences College Bulletin to view the college requirements for its undergraduate degree programs.

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