Economics Major

35 credit hours

Required Courses: 25 credit hours

ECON 120	Principles of Economics I (SS)	3
ECON 121	Principles of Economics II	3
ECON 270/PSYC 270	Statistics	4
ECON 320	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
ECON 321	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
ECON 337/HIST 337	History of Economic Thought and Methodology	3
ECON	Elective courses	6

Required Supportive Courses: 10 credit hours

Accounting Course: 3 credit hours

Take one Accounting course.

ACCT 207	Understanding the Numbers	3
ACCT 210	Principles of Accounting I	3

Mathematics Course: 4 credit hours

MATH 151

Calculus I (MT)

4

Elective Supportive Course: 3 credit hours

Take one of the following courses.

GOVT 110	Introduction to Government (SS)	3
GOVT 120	Politics in a Diverse World (NW)	3
HIST 111	Western Civilization II (WT)	3
PHIL 230	Our Philosophical Heritage II (WT)	3

Economics Sample Plan of Study

Following is one possible way to complete the major.  

Students should fill in gaps with coursework required for the core curriculum and other majors/minors to take an average of 14 credit hours each fall and spring, and 3-4 credit hours each Interim.  Total credit hours needs to be 124 for degree completion.

First Year

Fall Semester

FYS 110	First Year Seminar I (FS)	4
ECON 120	Principles of Economics I (SS)	3
MATH 151	Calculus I (MT)	4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

FYS 111	First Year Seminar II (FS)	4
ECON 121	Principles of Economics II	3
HIST 111	Western Civilization II (WT)	3
	OR
GOVT 120	Politics in a Diverse World (NW)	3
	OR
PHIL 230	Our Philosophical Heritage II (WT)	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Second Year

Fall Semester

	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

ACCT 207

Understanding the Numbers

3

Spring Semester

ECON 270/PSYC 270	Statistics	4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Third Year

Fall Semester

ECON 320	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
ECON	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

ECON 321	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

ECON 337/HIST 337	History of Economic Thought and Methodology	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

ECON	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4