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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.

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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements

Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II

Domain I: Mathematics and Science

 Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
MTC 1033 Algebra with Calculus for Business
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two under the appropriate sections in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.UTSA 2004

Domain II: Society and Culture

 United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
ECO 2013 Introductory Macroeconomics

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain IV: World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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 (Domain II)
ECO 2023 Introductory Microeconomics
ECO 3013 Theory of Price
ECO 3053 Aggregate Economic Analysis
MS 1013 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics

21 semester credit hours in upper-division economics courses. Additional information on degree plans under the three areas of specialization in the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics is available in the College of Business Undergraduate Advising Center and the Department of Economics.

B. 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).

C. 30 additional credit hours based upon the degree plan under the chosen area of specialization.

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