Bachelors of Arts in Economics: Business Economics Track

The Business Economics Track provides a foundation in economics while emphasizing business application and entrepreneurship, prepares students for employment in the private sector and readies students for graduate study in business.

Program of Study

A. General Requirements

Area F - 18 hours

• ECON 2105 – Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 2106 – Principles of Microeconomics
• MATH  2200 – Elementary Statistics
• MATH  1950 – Applied Math or MATH 1161 - Calculus I
• ACCT  2101 – Principles of Financial Accounting
• ACCT  2102 – Principles of Managerial Accounting

Physical Education - 3 hours

B. Major Field Courses - 33 hours

• ECON 3050 – Intermediate Macroeconomics or ECON 3060 Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECON 3300 – Money and Banking
• ECON 3500 – Managerial Economics
• ECON 3210 – Marketing
• ECON 3220 – Management
• ECON 3230 – Finance
• ECON 4111 – Economics of Entrepreneurship I

• ECON 3050 – Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECON 3060 – Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECON 3460 – Economics of Immigration
• ECON 3700 – Econometrics
• ECON 3800 – Quantitative Consumer Research
• ECON 3100 – Multinational Economic Enterprises
• ECON 4450 – Comparative Economics
• ECON 5112 – Economics of Entrepreneurship II
• ECON 4112 – International Trade
• ECON 3200 – International Finance
• ECON 3470 – Economics of Health
• ECON 4451 – Industrial Organization
• ECON 3400 – Economics of Labor
• ECON 4100 – Financial Economics: Portfolio Analysis
• ECON 4150 – Money and Capital Markets
• ECON 3450 – Environmental Economics
• ECON 4410 – Regional Economics
• ECON 4500 – Public Finance
• ECON 4520, –30, –40 – Internship (with permission of department head)(maximum of
• one internship may count toward degree)

C. Related Field Courses - 15 hours

• ITEC    1050 – Introduction to Computer Concepts or CSCI 1150 Fundamental of the Internet and World Wide Web
• COMM 2280 – Speech Communication

• COMM 3060    – Public Relations
• COMM 5050U – Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace
• ENGL  3720    – Business and Technical Communication
• ENGL  5710U – Writing for the Non-Profit Sector
• ENGL  5740U – Technical Editing
• ENGL  5750U – Publication Design
• HSCA  3600    – Financial Management for Health-Related Organizations
• HSCA  4201    – Health Care Marketing
• HSCA  4600    – Principles of Human Resource Management
• HSCA  4620    – Principles of Management in Health Service Organizations
• ITEC    3500    – Database Administration
• ITEC    3710    – E-Commerce
• POLS  4190    – Environmental Laws and Regulations
• PSYC  3000    – Human Resource Development Skills
• PSYC  5150U – Conflict Resolution
• PSYC  5200U – Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• PSYC  5300U – Leadership and Group Dynamics

D. Electives - 12 hours

E. Regents’ Test, university exit exam, and department exit exam

Total Semester Hours - 123 hours