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2012-2013
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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: ECONOMICS


CURRICULUM CREDITS

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
ENGL 110 Critical Reading and Writing 3
(minimum grade C-)

First Year Experience (FYE) 0-4

University Breadth Requirement 12

Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) 3

Multicultural Courses 3

Three credits in an approved course or courses stressing multi-cultural, ethnic, and/or gender-related course content

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Second Writing Requirement: (minimum grade C-) 3
A writing course involving significant writing experience including two papers with a combined minimum of 3,000 words to be submitted for extended faculty critique of both composition and content. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours. See second writing courses.

One of the following: (minimum grade C-) 3-4
MATH 221 Calculus I
or
MATH 241 Analytic Geometry and Calculus A

Quantitative Proficiency Requirement: (minimum grade C-) 9
An additional nine credits of course work in the quantitative area. At least three credits in addition to MATH 221 or MATH 241 must be taken in Mathematics at or above the 200-level except MATH 201, MATH 202, MATH 205, MATH 250, MATH 251, MATH 252, and MATH 253. The remaining six credits may be chosen from other Mathematics courses at or above the 200-level (except MATH 201, MATH 202, MATH 205, MATH 250, MATH 251, MATH 252, and MATH 253), ACCT 208, Statistics and Computer Science courses at or above the 300-level, BUAD 306, BUAD 346, and BUAD 446, MISY 261, MISY 430, and MISY 431, and ECON 415, ECON 422, ECON 423, and ECON 426. A maximum of one economics course may be used to satisfy this requirement while simultaneously being used to satisfy Economics course requirements.



BREADTH REQUIREMENTS (See Description)
Creative Arts and Humanities 9
  Nine credits representing at least two departments.

History and Cultural Change 9
  Nine credits representing at least two departments.

Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
  Cannot be satisfied by an Economics course.

Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology 4
This course must have an associated laboratory.

MATH 201/MATH 202 Introduction to Statistics I and II: (minimum grade C-) 6

Related Work Requirement 9
Nine credits chosen from any 300-level or higher courses in Accounting, Anthropology, Business Administration, Computer Science, Finance, Geography, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Statistics. Also acceptable are ACCT 207, ACCT 208, any 200-level Mathematics course except MATH 201, MATH 202, MATH 205, MATH 250, MATH 251, MATH 252, and MATH 253, and any MISY courses. Courses used to satisfy the Related Work Requirement may not be used to fulfill the quantitative proficiency requirement described above.

ECON 151 Introduction to Microeconomics: Prices and Markets (minimum grade C-) 3
ECON 152 Introduction to Macroeconomics: National Economy (minimum grade C-) 3
ECON 301 Quantitative Microeconomic Theory (minimum grade C-) 3
ECON 303 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (minimum grade C-) 3

Six additional Economics courses at or above the 300 level, at least two of
which are at or above the 400-level. At least one of the 400 level Economics electives must be chosen from courses other than ECON 415, ECON 422, or ECON 423: (minimum grade C-) 18

Credit will not be allowed for both courses of any of the following sets of corresponding courses: ECON 251, ECON 300, and ECON 301; ECON 332 and ECON 433, ECON 344 and ECON 444; ECON 360 and ECON 463, ECON 381 and ECON 483, and ECON 390 and ECON 490.

ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed, sufficient credits must be taken to meet the minimum credits required for the degree. No more than three credits can be from HESC/BHAN 120.

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF 120



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