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Economics Track - Bachelor of Business Administration

Faculty

A. Ahmadi, T. Creahan, T. Ghirmay, M. Yasin

Program Competencies

Students completing the program should:

  1. Be prepared for entry level management trainee position in a manufacturing or service industry, in the public sector of the economy, or in any other major (profit or nonprofit) enterprise by completing a sequence of courses which prepares the student to:
    1. Do basic analysis of economic and financial events,
    2. Prepare written reports concerning economic and financial events useful for making managerial and other business decisions, and
    3. Present oral reports concerning economic and financial events.
  2. Be qualified for graduate study in economics, finance, or other fields directly related to economics.

Assessment Procedures

Test of Understanding of College Economics (TUCE) Exam

In addition to the track courses listed below, the general education, BBA qualifying courses, prerequisite courses, upper division and free electives must be completed. The track in economics is composed of 27 credit hours of specialized courses in economics.

Economics Track Requirements

General Education

General Education courses

variable
Total Credit Hours:36

Business Qualifying and Prerequisite Courses

Business Qualifying and Prerequisite Courses

variable
Total Credit Hours:24

Upper Core BBA Requirements

Upper Core BBA Requirements

variable
Total Credit Hours:27

Track Requirements

ECON 341Public Finance

3
ECON 342Money and Banking

3
ECON 350Intermediate Microeconomics

3
ECON 351Intermediate Macroeconomics

3
ECON 447International Economics

3
FIN 373Investments

3
FIN 472Portfolio Analysis

3
Approved Economics Electives

6
Total Credit Hours:27

Approved electives for the Economics Track

ECON 302Labor Economics

3
ECON 305Comparative Economic Systems

3
ECON 315Resource Economics

3
 
ECON 339Cooperative Education III

1-8
or
ECON 439Cooperative Education IV

1-8
 
ECON 401Environmental Economics

3
ECON 403Urban and Regional Economics

3
ECON 410History of Economic Thought

3
ECON 455Economic Development and Growth

3
ECON 456Introduction to Econometrics

3
FIN 485International Finance

3
MATH 175Calculus I

4
MATH 275Calculus II

4
MATH 276Calculus III

4
MATH 301Elementary Linear Algebra

3

Free Electives

Free Electives

variable
Total Credit Hours:6

Any course used to fulfill a BBA/core requirement may not also count to fulfill a BBA/economics requirement. In such cases, a course or courses from the list of approved electives must be substituted for the course(s) used to fulfill the BBA/core requirement.

Total Credit Hours: 120