Economics, Bachelor of Arts

Program of Study

Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements for the Economics Major:

ECO 201	Principles of Economics I (Macro)	3
ECO 202	Principles of Economics II (Micro)	3
ECO 212	Fundamentals of Business Statistics	3
ECO 302	Current Economic Problems	3
ECO 401	History of Economic Thought	3
ECO 411	Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory	3
ECO 412	Intermediate Microeconomic Theory	3
ECO 427	International Trade and Finance	3
ECO 430	Economics Practicum	2
ECO 434	Senior Thesis	1
ECO	2 Economics electives from 300-400 level courses
BUS 215	Business Analysis	3
BUS 220	Business Communications	3
ACC 207	Financial Accounting	3
ACC 208	Managerial Accounting	3
ECO 355	Comparative Economic Systems	3
MTH 156	Applied Calculus	3
PHL 113/PHL 503	Philosophy of the Human Person	3
PHL 212/PHL 512	Foundations of Ethics	3
THE 101	Foundations of Catholicism	3
THE 115/THE 515	Christian Moral Principles	3
THE 320	Catholic Social Teaching	3
	OR
POL 343	Politics, Economics, and the Social Encyclicals	3
	Intermediate Foreign Language Requirement	6

Suggested electives:

ECO 303	Labor Economics	3
ECO 321	Money and Banking	3
ECO 341	Econometrics	3
ECO 427	International Trade and Finance	3
ACC 408	Federal Income Tax II	3
BUS 307	Principles of Organization and Management	3
BUS 320	Investments	3
BUS 413	Business and Society	3
CSC 140	Survey of Computers	3
ENG 290	Speech Communication	3
ENG 320	Business and Professional Writing	3
MTH 161	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	4

Freshman Year

First Semester

ECO 201	Principles of Economics I (Macro)	3
ENG 210	Epic and the Person	3
THE 101	Foundations of Catholicism	3
	American Founding Principles Core	3
	Natural Science Core	3

Second Semester

ECO 202	Principles of Economics II (Micro)	3
MTH 156	Applied Calculus	3
PHL 113/PHL 503	Philosophy of the Human Person	3
THE 115/THE 515	Christian Moral Principles	3
	Natural Science Core	3

Sophomore Year

First Semester

ACC 207	Financial Accounting	3
BUS 220	Business Communications	3
ECO 212	Fundamentals of Business Statistics	3
PHL 211/PHL 511	Metaphysics	3
	Elementary Foreign Language OR Elective	3

Second Semester

ACC 208	Managerial Accounting	3
BUS 215	Business Analysis	3
PHL 212/PHL 512	Foundations of Ethics	3
	Elementary Foreign Language OR Elective	3
THE	Theology Core	3

Junior Year

First Semester

ECO 302	Current Economic Problems	3
ECO 355	Comparative Economic Systems	3
ENG 211	Lyric and Dramatic Voices	3
	Catholic Traditions in Fine Arts Core	3
HST	History Core	3
	Intermediate Foreign Language Requirement	3

ECO 302 is a cycled course offered every other year.

Second Semester

ECO 401	History of Economic Thought	3
ECO	Economics Elective	3
	Intermediate Foreign Language Requirement	3
	Social Science Elective	3
	Elective	3

ECO 401 is a cycled course offered every other year.

Senior Year

First Semester

ECO 411	Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory	3
ECO 427	International Trade and Finance	3
ECO	Economics Elective	3
	Elective	3
	Elective	3

ECO 411 and ECO 427 are cycled courses offered every other year. 

Elective: BUS 400 Internship may be applied for here. Applications for internship must be approved prior to engagement in the internship.

Second Semester

ECO 412	Intermediate Microeconomic Theory	3
ECO 430	Economics Practicum	2
ECO 434	Senior Thesis	1
THE 320	Catholic Social Teaching	3
	OR
POL 343	Politics, Economics, and the Social Encyclicals	3
	Elective	3
	Elective	3

ECO 412 is a cycled course offered every other year.