Requirements

The Department of Economics and Business offers Majors and Minors in Economics, Business, and Finance. Students cannot double major within the Department of Economics & Business. Student also cannot have both a major and minor that are both from the Department of Economics & Business.

Major and Minor in Economics

Requirements for the Major in Economics:

At least 9 credits

  • Economics 110: Principles of Economics
  • Mathematics 110: Calculus I --  completed by the end of the first year
  • Economics 180: Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business -- Students who have taken this course will not receive credit for any other basic statistics course, including Mathematics 150. Students who have already taken such a statistics course may be able to count it toward the major if approved by the department.
  • Economics 210: Microeconomic Theory
  • Economics 220: Macroeconomic Theory
  • 3 additional economics courses -- 2 must be at or above the 300-level, including all Finance electives and Business 322 (Emerging Markets Analysis). Internships do not count as economics elective courses.
  • Completion of the Senior Studies Requirement in 1 of the following ways:
    • 1 economics or finance course at the 400-level
    • Senior thesis

Students must earn a grade of C- or better in Econ 110, 180, 210, 220 and Math 110.

Requirements for the Minor in Economics:

At least 6 credits

  • Economics 110: Principles of Economics
  • 1 of the following courses:
    • Economics 210: Microeconomic Theory
    • Economics 220: Macroeconomic Theory
  • 4  additional courses -- excluding internships

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Major and Minor in Business

Requirements for the Major in Business:

At least 12 credits

  • Economics 110: Principles of Economics
  • 1 course in Mathematics, completed by the end of the first year, from the following:
    • Mathematics 110: Calculus I
    • Mathematics 160: Finite Mathematics with Applications
  • Business 180: Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business -- Students who have taken this course will not receive credit for any other basic statistics course, including Mathematics 150. Students who have already taken such a statistics course may be able to count it toward the major if approved by the department.
  • Business 230: Financial Accounting
  • Finance 237: Introduction to Finance
  • Economics 210: Microeconomic Theory
  • Economics 220: Macroeconomic Theory
  • 1 course on ethics chosen from the following:
    • Philosophy 203: Business and Professional Ethics
    • Philosophy 325: Major Ethical Theories
  • 3 additional business or finance courses at the 300-level or above, excluding internships, that satisfy the following conditions:
    • 2 or fewer are marketing courses
    • 2 or fewer are courses from the following list:
      • Economics 310: Industrial Organization
      • Economics 313: Money and Banking
      • Economics 330: Econometrics
      • Economics 340: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
      • Economics 350: Public Finance
      • Economics 370: Managerial Economics
      • Economics 430: International Trade Theory and Practice
  • Completion of the Senior Studies Requirement in 1 of the following ways:
    • 1 business course at the 400-Level
    • Senior thesis
    • Economics 430: International Trade Theory and Practice

Students must earn a grade of C- or better in Econ 110, 180, 210 and 220; Math 110 or 160; Business 230; Finance 237; and Philosophy 203 or 325.

Requirements for the Minor in Business:

At least 6 credits

  • Economics 110: Principles of Economics
  • Business 230: Financial Accounting
  • Finance 237: Introduction to Finance
  • 3 additional courses, excluding internships

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Major and Minor in Finance

Requirements for the Major in Finance:

At least 11 credits

  • Economics 110: Principles of Economics
  • Mathematics 110: Calculus I -- completed by the end of the first year. 
  • Economics 180: Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business -- Students who have taken this course will not receive credit for any other basic statistics course, including Mathematics 150. Students who have already taken such a statistics course may be able to count it toward the major if approved by the department.
  • Business 230: Financial Accounting
  • Finance 237: Introduction to Finance
  • Economics 210: Microeconomic Theory
  • Economics 220: Macroeconomic Theory
  • Finance 380: Investment Analysis
  • 2 additional courses chosen from the following and excluding internships:
    • Business 315: Operations Management
    • Business 330: Intermediate Accounting
    • Business 331: Managerial Accounting
    • Business 350: Capital Budgeting
    • Economics 313: Money and Banking
    • Economics 330: Econometrics
    • Finance 337: Real Estate Finance
    • Finance 385: Options and Futures
  • Completion of the Senior Studies Requirement in 1 of the following ways:
    • 1 finance course at the 400-level
    • Senior thesis
    • Economics 431: International Finance

Students must earn a grade of C- or better in Econ 110, 180, 210 and 220; Math 110; Business 230; and Finance 237.

Requirements for the Minor in Finance:

At least 8 credits

  • Economics 110: Principles of Economics
  • Mathematics 110: Calculus I
  • Economics 180: Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
  • Business 230: Financial Accounting
  • Finance 237: Introduction to Finance
  • Finance 380: Investment Analysis
  • 2 additional courses at the 300-level chosen from the finance major -- excluding Internships

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