Economics Minor

TENURED AND TENURE-TRACK FACULTY:
Amyaz Moledina, Chair
Matthew (Joe) Histen
Brooke Krause
Melanie Long
Philip Mellizo

Affirming the mission of the College, the Economics Department enables students and faculty to collaboratively research and understand complex questions from a diversity of economic perspectives. The department uses appropriate theories and empirical methods to foster an active engagement with local and global communities.

The Economics major is an academically challenging program that provides students with a foundation for understanding market-based and alternative societies and the consequences of economic policy for individual and societal behavior. The requirements are designed to provide the student with knowledge of theoretical and applied economics as well as the quantitative methods necessary for graduate study in economics or careers in business, law, or government service. Students who desire a more specifically business-oriented major should consider the major in Business Economics also offered by the Economics Department.

Minor in Economics

Consists of six courses:

ECON 10100 - Principles of Economics
ECON 11000 - Quantitative Methods
ECON 20100 - Intermediate Micro Economic Theory
ECON 20200 - Intermediate Macro Economic Theory
Two 200-level or 300-level Economics courses, except ECON 21000

Special Notes

MATH 22900 can be substituted for ECON 11000 and MATH 32900 can be substituted for ECON 21000 .
Students who do not place into MATH 10400 or MATH 11100 on the Mathematics placement test should take MATH 10300 or MATH 10700 as soon as possible in their College career to prepare them for MATH 10400 or MATH 10800 and to provide a basis for their Economics courses.
ECON 10100 , ECON 11000 , and MATH 10400 should be completed no later than the end of the student’s fifth semester. The department recommends that students considering graduate study in Economics enroll in MATH 11100 rather than MATH 10400 and that they also take calculus through MATH 11200 .
The department requires that either ECON 20100 or ECON 20200 be taken prior to enrolling in ECON 40100 .
A maximum of one Business Economics course selected from BUEC 22700 , BUEC 23000 , BUEC 25000 , BUEC 35500 , BUEC 36500 , or BUEC 37000 may be counted toward an Economics major, but not a minor.
Students majoring in Economics are not permitted to take courses in the major on an S/NC basis.
A grade of C- or better is required for all courses counting toward the major, including the Mathematics course(s). Students receiving a grade below C- in ECON 10100 must retake that course before proceeding to the other Economics courses.