Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics

The minimum semester credit hours for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics is 120.

All candidates seeking this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below. Top

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 9-13 of this catalog.

In addition to the Core Curriculum requirements, all candidates for the degree must complete the following degree requirements. Thirty-nine of the total hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level. Top

Degree Requirements

A. 39 semester credit hours of required courses in the major:

COM 1053 Business and Professional Speech
ECO 2013 Introductory Macroeconomics
ECO 2023 Introductory Microeconomics
ECO 3013 Theory of Price
ECO 3053 Aggregate Economics Analysis
MS 1013 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
21 semester credit hours in upper-division economics courses, including those required for the chosen track.
B. 39 additional semester credit hours, including those required for the chosen track.Tracks:

Social Science (12 semester credit hours required)

Within the 39 additional semester credit hours, 12 semester credit hours of social science electives selected from American studies (AMS), anthropology (ANT), icultural-bilingual studies (BBL), criminal justice (CRJ), geography (GRG), history (HIS), political science (POL), psychology (PSY), and sociology (SOC). Top

Professional Economist (13 semester credit hours required)

Within the 21 semester credit hours of upper-level economics, students choosing this option must take ECO 3113 and ECO 3123.
Within the 39 additional semester credit hours, students choosing this option must take MAT 1214 and MAT 1223. Top

Pre-Law* (18 semester credit hours required)

Within the 39 additional semester credit hours, students choosing this option must take BLW 3013, POL 3323, and 12 semester credit hours of social science electives selected from American studies (AMS), anthropology (ANT), bicultural-bilingual studies (BBL), criminal justice (CRJ) geography (GRG), history (HIS), political science (POL), psychology (PSY), and sociology (SOC). Top

* For information, please refer to "Preprofessional Courses of Study in Law, Medicine, or Business".