Economics
The Bachelor of Arts in Economics will prepare students with entry-level knowledge, skills, and concepts for positions requiring an understanding of how the economic and financial systems operate, and how these systems impact and are impacted by social and political factors. Possible career opportunities for graduates include entry-level positions as research and financial analysts in the business and government sectors; and brokerage and currency traders in the financial and banking sectors. In addition, the economics major offers an excellent preparation for graduate studies in law, economics and other business disciplines.

Core courses for the B.A. in Economics provide students with a background in macroeconomics, microeconomics, money and banking, international economic issues, managerial economics, and econometrics. Students earning the B.A. in Economics select electives in the areas of sociology, history, and political science, providing students with a liberal arts framework for their study of economics.

MAJOR IN ECONOMICS
Students choosing to major in Economics must complete the following course work.
Economics Core: (21 sem. hrs.)

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 3310 Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 3311 Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 3312 Money and Banking
ECON 3315 International Economics Issues
ECON 4388 History of Economic Thought

Three Economics (or related) Electives: (9 sem. hrs.)

ECON 3316 Environmental Economics
ECON 3322 Managerial Economics
ECON 4310 Introduction to Econometrics
ECON 3320 Public Finance

Two Other Electives (6 sem. hrs.)

SOCI 3315 Population
SOCI 4314 Social Class and Inequality
POLS 3342 Introduction to Public Policy
HIST 4325 U.S. Business and Labor History

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES