Overview
Pre-Major Requirements
Major Requirements
College Requirements

Overview of Economics Major
The Department offers two majors: a major in Economics and a major in Business Economics. The Economics major emphasizes traditional economics areas and is similar to Economics majors offered in most colleges and universities throughout the country. It is more suited for students who would like to work for various government organizations, advance to graduate / law schools, or for students who are not yet sure which career paths they would like to pursue in future (for example, business or government or law or academics).

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Pre-Major Requirements
The following courses are prerequisites for the 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-MATH-226 and 227 (Applied Calculus I, II) or 15-MATH-228, 229 are prerequisites for becoming a major, but can be satisfied prior to or simultaneously to taking required core courses in Economics.

Pre-major Recommendations

Students with limited computer skills are strongly urged to take a course to remedy this deficiency. Completion of one of the following courses is suggested:

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 18 credit hours.
   • The average across all field courses must be a C or better.
   • Each student must take either 3 courses in each of at least two fields or 2 courses in each of at least 3 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. In addition to the 23 core credits and 18 field credits, economics majors need another 15 credit hours of electives to satisfy the 56-hour requirement. Students can satisfy the remaining 15 hours in four ways:
   1. Take additional courses from any of the listed fields.
   2. Take any other upper-level course offered by the department, including Honors Seminar (15-ECON-431,432) and Special Problems (15-ECON-689).
   3. Take a maximum of 6 credit hours of the Teaching Assistant Practicum (15-ECON-422)
   4. 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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