Economics - B.S.

Purpose

The Department of Economics has designed the Economics major to prepare students for graduate study and for careers in business, government, or teaching. The study of economics is presented as one component of a larger biblical Christian worldview. Career opportunities for students majoring in Economics include financial analyst, investment broker, banker, economics researcher, market forecaster, government analyst, and with further study, university teacher. (Economics majors desiring to teach economics in the secondary schools need to take a double major in Economics and Social Studies Education.) Employment opportunities are to be found in financial services, banking, real estate, insurance, business management, government service, research or teaching. The department also offers a 24-hour minor; see requirements listed below.

General Education Competencies

Please refer to general education requirements and competencies section under the Division of Social Sciences.

Requirements

A major in Economics includes 30 hours of economics and a cognate area of 10 hours which may be additional courses in economics or a grouping directed in any one of the following areas: accounting, business administration, communications, computer information systems, criminal justice, economics, finance, history, management, marketing, mathematics, political science, psychology, social work, or as directed by the department.

Students whose first major is Economics must take the senior capstone courses ECO-498, Economics Seminar/Research, and ECO-499, Economics Seminar/Presentation.

Requirements

40

Required Courses

18

ACC-201

Accounting Principles I

3

ACC-202

Accounting Principles II OR

 

MAT-112

General Statistics OR

 

 

Equivalent

3

ECO-212

Microeconomics

3

ECO-213

Macroeconomics

3

ECO-444

Money and Banking

3

ECO-463

Economic Thought

3

 

Economics Electives

12

 

Cognate

10

Electives

12

BUS-320

Business Statistics

3

CON-253/ECO-263

Contemporary Economic Problems: Free to Choose

2-3

ECO-270

Comparative Economic Systems

3

ECO-275

Economics of Poverty

3

ECO-305

Entrepreneurship

3

ECO/HST-320

American Economic History

3

ECO/POL-322

Research Design and Methods of Political Science and Economics

3

ECO-315

Urban Economics and Policy

3

ECO-340

Globalization and Economic Development

3

ECO-365

Public Administration and Finance

3

ECO-454

International Economics

3

ECO-483

Economics Practicum

1-4

ECO-498*

Economics Seminar-Research

2

ECO-499*

Economics Seminar-Presentation

1

Cognate

10

*Required for students taking Economics as their first major

Course descriptions are available through the Course Description Lookup.