Description
The major in Economics prepares students for careers in business, government and law as well as providing a solid foundation for further graduate studies. The Economics major requires 33 credit hours. Eighteen credits of the major's courses comprise of required courses (ECN 2950, 2960, 3050, 3150, and 3160). The remaining fifteen credits are electives in Economics. Among the elective courses are: money and capital markets, international trade and finance, economic history, economic development, resource economics, comparative economic systems, labor economics, government finance and others. Economics majors are also required to take a course in applied statistics.
Graduates have been placed in banking, teaching, manufacturing firms and government agencies, to name a few. Many have gone on in graduate studies earning law degrees and advanced degrees in economics.
Degree Requirements
| Economics Major 33 Credits |
| | | cr. |
| STA 2250 | Statistics | | 3 |
| ECN 2950 | Microeconomic Principles | | 3 |
| ECN 2960 | Macroeconomic Principles | | 3 |
| ECN 3050 | Money and the Financial System | | 3 |
| ECN 3150 | Intermediate Microeconomics | | 3 |
| ECN 3160 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | | 3 |
| | Electives | | 15 |
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