Undergraduate Degree Requirements for Economics

B.B.A DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR ECONOMICS MAJOR (120 TOTAL HOURS)

AREAS A-E (SEE VSU CORE CURRICULUM) 1 ………… 42 HOURS

AREA F REQUIREMENTS2 ………………… 18 HOURS

  • ACCT 2101 Principles of Accounting I
  • ACCT 2102 Principles of Accounting II
  • BUSA 1105 Introduction to Business
  • BUSA 2201 Fundamentals of Computer Applications
  • BUSA 2106 The Environment of Business
  • ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COMMON SENIOR COLLEGE CORE2…………….. 21 HOURS

  • BUSA 2100 Applied Business Statistics
  • BUSA 3100 Business Analytics
  • International Option Choose only 1: ECON 3600, FIN 3650, IB 3000, MGNT 4800 OR MKTG 4680
  • MKTG 3050 Introduction to Marketing
  • MGNT 3250 Management and Organization Behavior
  • FIN 3350 Financial Management
  • BUSA 2999 Career Development
  • BUSA 3999 Experiential Learning
  • BUSA 4900 Business Policy

REQUIRED COURSES FOR ECONOMICS MAJORS2 ………. 9 HOURS

  • ECON 4000 Introduction to Econometrics OR ECON 4001 Data Analysis: Economics and Financial Applications
  • ECON 4100 Managerial Economics
  • ECON 4500 Intermediate Macroeconomics

ELECTIVES FOR ECONOMICS MAJORS2 (SELECT FIVE) …………. 15 HOURS

Any 3000- or 4000-level ACCT, BUSA, ECON, FIN, HCAD, IB, MGNT, or MKTG courses not required or selected above. At least 6 hours must be 3000- or 4000-level ECON courses. 

SUPPORTING COURSES2……… 9 HOURS

Any 3000-level or 4000-level ACCT, BUSA, ECON, FIN, HCAD, IB, MGNT, or MKTG courses not selected above; or MBA or MACC courses4; or MATH 1261, MATH 1262, MATH 2150, MATH 3360, CRJU 1100, CRJU 3300, CRJU 3401, or CRJU 3402. 

GENERAL ELECTIVES ….. 6 HOURS3

Electives may be undergraduate and/or graduate business and/or non-business courses.4
 

1If ECON 2105 is taken in area E, the grad must be a "C" or better.

2 The grade in each of these courses must be a "C" or better.

3If ECON 2105 is not taken in Area E, it must be taken as a General Elective, and the grade must be a "C" or better. If PERS 2799 PErsonal Finance is not taken in Area B, it must be taken as a General Elective.

4 No more than 9 hourse of MBA and/or MACC courses may be counted toward the major.