Economics Education (BA)

Additional Breadth Requirements:

Courses used to fulfill the University Breadth Requirement above may also be used to fulfill the Economics Breadth Requirements.

• Nine credits representing at least two areas of Creative Arts and Humanities
• Nine credits representing at least two areas of History and Cultural Change
• Three credits of Social and Behavioral Sciences (cannot be satisfied by an Economics course)
• Seven credits of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology (at least one course must have an associated laboratory)

Second Writing Requirement:

A Second Writing Requirement  approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.

Foreign Language:

• Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 112) in an ancient or modern language with minimum grades of D-.
  • The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language.
    • Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination  through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.

Core:

Minimum grade C-.

• ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
• ECON 103 - Introduction to Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3

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• ECON 300 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Credit(s): 3

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• ECON 301 - Quantitative Microeconomic Theory Credit(s): 3

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• ECON 303 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Credit(s): 3

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• ECON 304 - Quantitative Macroeconomic Theory Credit(s): 3

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• ECON 306 - Introduction to Econometrics Credit(s): 3

Mathematics:

One of the following (minimum grade C-):

• MATH 114 - College Mathematics and Statistics Credit(s): 3
• MATH 115 - Pre-Calculus Credit(s): 3
• MATH 117 - Pre-Calculus for Scientists and Engineers Credit(s): 4
• MATH 221 - Calculus I Credit(s): 3
• MATH 231 - Integrated Calculus IA Credit(s): 4
• MATH 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A Credit(s): 4
• MATH 232 - Integrated Calculus IB Credit(s): 3

Statistics:

Required (minimum grade C-):

• STAT 200 - Basic Statistical Practice Credit(s): 3

Professional Studies:

Minimum grade C-.

• EDUC 400 - Student Teaching Credit(s): 3-12
• EDUC 413 - Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology Credit(s): 4
• EDUC 414 - Teaching Exceptional Adolescents Credit(s): 3
• EDUC 419 - Diversity in Secondary Education Credit(s): 3
• EDUC 420 - Reading in the Content Areas Credit(s): 1-3
• HIST 491 - Planning a Course of Instruction Credit(s): 3
• HIST 492 - Integrating Instructional Technology into Social Studies Teaching Credit(s): 1
• HIST 493 - Problems in Teaching History and Social Sciences Credit(s): 3