Overview
Minor Requirements
Registering for a Minor
Graduating with a Minor
College Requirements

Overview of Economics Minor
A Minor in Economics is available to all undergraduate students in four-year colleges at the University of Cincinnati who are not majoring in economics and business economics. The Minor will be presented when the student receives the Bachelor’s Degree from his or her college. Notation will also be placed on the student’s official transcript.

With an increased emphasis on economics in business, government, law and education, the Minor in Economics can be an important credential for one’s career, and the Minor can be a significant addition to one’s education.

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Minor Requirements
35 upper-division credits are required for the Economics minor, distributed as follows:

1. Core Courses 20 credit hours.
   • Each course must be completed with a grade of C or better.
   • These should be taken reasonably early in your major program.
   • 15-ECON-599 Economics Capstone is not required for the Minor in Economics
     


2. Field Courses 6 credit hours.
   • The average across all field courses must be a C or better.
   • Each student must take 2 courses in one field.
   • 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 20 core credits and 6 field credits, economics minors need another 9 credit hours of electives to satisfy the 35-hour requirement. Students can satisfy the remaining 9 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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Registering for an Economics Minor
A student should register for the Minor as early as possible. He or she should complete and submit a registration form that can be obtained from the Department of Economics

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Graduating with a Minor in Economics
A student must apply for receiving the Minor from the Department of Economics at the same time that he or she applies for graduation from his or her college. In applying for the Minor, the student should submit the relevant form obtainable from the Department of Economics.

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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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