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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Economics, B.S.


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A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for a Bachelor of Science in Economics.

Core Requirements (46 to 49 credits)


Electives


38 to 41 credits 

Note


Economics Electives are typically satisfied by courses with an ECON prefix; however, students may substitute up to two courses with a prefix other than ECON with prior permission from the Dean of the School of Business. Substitutions are permitted to allow students to pursue different emphases within the major. Students who double major in economics and business must take the eight courses required for the economics major and the required courses for the business major. Such students will need to take one additional elective.

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Economics, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must also earn a major GPA of 2.0, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Sample Four Year Sequence


Freshman Year 

Fall Semester

FSYM 101 The First Year Symposium (3)  

Elective (3)

World Languages I (3)

ECON 101 Foundations of Economics: Macroecon (3)  

Elective (3)

15 credits 

Spring Semester

WCIV 102 Origins of the West (3)    

PHIL 103 Foundations of Philosophy (3)  

World Languages II (3)

ECON 102 Foundations of Economics: Microecon (3)   

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

Sophomore Year 

Fall Semester

WCIV 201 Atlantic Encounters: 1450-1850 (3)   

PHIL 203 Philosophy in the Modern Age (3)   

MATH 211 Mathematical Thinking (3)   

ECON 212 Intermediate Microeconomics (3)   

Elective (3)

15 credits

Spring Semester 

AMER 202 America in the World (3)   

THEOL 220 Foundations of Theology: Faith and (3)   

BUS 320 Statistics (3)   

ECON 205 History of Economic Thought (3)   

ECON 211 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (3)   

15 credits 

 

Junior Year

Fall Semester

THEOL 320 Encountering Christ (3)   

XXMO 300 Modernity in Lit/Art/Music/Theatre (3)

Lab Science (either semester) (4)

ECON XXX Economics Elective (3)

ECON XXX Economics Elective (3)

16 credits 

Spring Semester

THEOL/PHIL 300 Ethics & The Human Good (3)

XXGE 3XX Global Encounters (3)

ECON 402 Applied Economic Analysis (3)  (See note below)**

ECON XXX Economics Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

Senior Year

Fall Semester

ECON 403 Econometrics (3)  

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

Spring Semester

ECON XXX Economics Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

** Please note that ECON 402 is offered in Spring of even years, and ECON 403 is offered in Fall of even years-students should plan to take these in either junior or senior year.

* Students may substitute up to two electives with a prefix other than ECON with prior permission from the Assoc. Dean of Undergraduate Business Studies