Major Requirements for Economics and Business

And Minor Requirements for Business

Note: This page is designed to assist students, faculty, and advisors by providing degree requirements and recommendations in an easy-to-use format. The course catalogue remains the official source of degree requirements -- please report any discrepancies with this page to the department chair.  

Major Requirements

A minimum of 12 course credits, including the following:

• Macroeconomics (101)
• Microeconomics (102)
• Financial Accounting (151)
• Intermediate Microeconomics (301)
• Intermediate Macroeconomics (302)
• Statistical Methods I (INT 201) or Mathematical Statistics II (MAT 348)
• At least one 200-level ECB course from the following list of quantitative literacy courses, to be taken by Term Four of the junior year:
  • Money and Banking (225)
  • Investments (243)
  • Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in U.S. Economic History (254)
  • Labor Market Issues (257)
  • Economics of Sports (258)
• At least two of the following capstone seminar courses:
  
  • Women, Men, and the Labor Market Seminar (320)
  • Macroeconomics Seminar (321)
  • International Economics Seminar (323)
  • Financial Management Seminar (352)
  • Economics of Organizations Seminar (356 )
• at least one 300-level ECB elective (ECB 380, 389, 390, 397, and 399 may not be applied to the 300-level ECB elective requirement)

• For basic skills, majors should take Computing Practice and Perspectives (CSC 131) and Calculus of a Single Variable (MAT 121).
• For strong graduate school preparation in either economics or business, students should take Foundations of Computer Science (CSC 140), Calculus of a Single Variable (MAT 121), Calculus of Several Variables (MAT 122), Linear Algebra (MAT 221), and Mathematical Statistics I & II (MAT 347 & 348).

Business Track

This program of study prepares students who are interested in pursuing a career in finance, banking, accounting, marketing or other business-related fields. It also prepares students for graduate study in finance, business administration and other masters and Ph.D.-level programs.

Students following the business track are encouraged to select courses from the following ECB electives: 

• Debt Securities (206)
• Health Economics (208)
• Introduction to Financial Management (210)
• Money and Banking (225)
• Investments (243)
• Introduction to Entrepreneurship (251)
• U.S. Economic and Business History (254)
• Antitrust Policy and Government Regulation (255)
• Industrial Organization (311)
• Business Analytics (354)

and the following ECB seminars:

• Financial Management Seminar (352)
• Economics of Organization Seminar (356)

Economics Track

This program of study prepares students who are interested in pursuing a career as an economist, working in the private sector or government organizations, or teaching in an academic institution. Becoming a professional economist typically requires a graduate degree, either at the master’s or Ph.D. level. An academic career almost always requires a doctoral degree. 

Students following the economics track are encouraged to select courses from the following ECB electives:

• International Economics (223)
• Money and Banking (225)
• U.S. Economic and Business History (254)
• Antitrust Policy and Government Regulation (255)
• Labor Market Issues (257)
• Economics of Sports (258)
• Global Environmental Economics (261)
• Industrial Organization (311)
• Economics of Recessions and Depressions (337)
• Econometrics (340)
• Mathematical Economics (341)
• Business Analytics (354) 

and the following ECB seminars:

• Women, Men, and the Labor Market Seminar (320)
• Macroeconomics Seminar (321)
• International Economics Seminar (323)
• Economics of Organizations Seminar (356)

Recommended Course Sequence

Teaching Major Requirements 

The requirements for the economics and business major apply.  Please refer to the Teaching Major section of the course catalogue for additional requirements, or visit the Education Office for more information.

Business Minor

A minimum of 8 course credits, including the following core courses:

• ECB 101
• ECB 102
• ECB 151
• STA 201 (Statistical Methods I) OR STA 348 (Mathematical Statistics II)
• ECB 301 OR ECB 302
• At least one of the following quantitative literacy courses, to be taken by Block Four of the junior year: ECB 225, 243, or 254
• At least one of the following capstone seminar courses: ECB 352 or 356
• And at least one elective from the following list of courses: ECB 206, 208, 210, 225, 243, 251, 254, 311, 354, or ECB topics courses (265-275 and 365-369) as designated by the department.

Students may not minor in Business and major in Economics and Business.