UPPER DIVISION
UNIVERSIT Y SCHOLARS
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Students in the Economics Scholars Program must complete the core requirements, statistics requirement,
MTH 181 and MTH 182, and the computer literacy requirement ( for economics majors; however, the elective
requirement is fulfilled by completing ECN 322, ECN 355, ECN 497 (Honors Essay),and three additional economics electives which have as a prerequisite at least one course in principles of economics. For students planning to pursue graduate studies in economics, additional courses in mathematics are recommended.
Capstone Requirement. Student must satisfy the capstone requirement by taking one of the following elective
courses: ECN 485, ECN 482, ECN 441 or ECN 450. This capstone course will count toward meeting the 23
credit hours of economics electives requirement.
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT HONORS PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HONORS B.A. IN ECONOMICS
Students who wish to earn an honors baccalaureate in economics must take hours 32 of coursework in economics, a minimum of 3 hou
statistics, 8 hours of mathematics and 3 hours of computer software applications.
I.
ECONOMICS CORE COURSES (12 HOURS)
_____ECN 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credit hours) (GenEd)
_____ECN 202 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credit hours) (GenEd)
_____ECN 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 credit hours)
_____ECN 302 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 credit hours)
II.
HONORS PROGRAM: An Honors candidate must have and maintain a 3.25 overall grade-point average
(GPA) and a 3.25 GPA in major field requirements. Students in the Economics Honors Program must complete the core requ
ments, statistics requirement, and the computer literacy requirement for economics majors. In addition, MTH 181 and MTH
must be completed. (For students planning to pursue graduate studies in economics, more than this minimum is recommende
The electives requirement for honors students is fulfilled by completing the following 11 credits:
HONORS ELECTIVES (11 HOURS)
ECN 322 Statistics and Econometrics (2credit hours)
ECN 355 Money and Banking (3 credit hours)
ECN 497 Honors Essay (WAC) (3 credit hours)
Plus 12 additional credits are earned by selecting courses from the following list of electives.
ADDITIONAL ELECTIVES (9 HOURS) - at least 3 additional economics elective courses (for a minimum of 9 credit hours)
sen from the following list, with the consultation of an advisor. One of these courses must be a capstone course.
_____ECN 330 - Managerial Economics (3)
_____ECN 333 - Econ of Health Care (3) (WAC)
_____ECN 360 - Public Sector Econ (3) (WAC)
_____ECN 391 – Consumer Economics (3)**
_____ECN 433 - Industrial Organization (3)
_____ECN 441 - Bus Flucs & Forecasting (3) (Capstone)
_____ECN 450 - Economics of Law (3) (WAC) (Capstone)
_____ECN 470 - Urban Economics (3)
_____ECN 474 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (4)
_____ECN 475 - Labor Economics (3) (SPAC)
_____ECN 482 - International Economics (3) (CAPSTONE)
_____ECN 485 - Economics Dev & Growth (3) (WAC) (CAPSTONE)
_____ECN 494 - Special Topics in Economics (Max of 43credits)
_____ECN 496 – Independent Study in Economics (Max of 2 credits)
** Does not require principles as a prerequisite.
III.
STATISTICS (a minimum of 3 hours)
_____MTH 147, OSM 201, PSY 311, or SOC 354
IV.
MATHEMATICS REQUIREMENT: MTH 181-182 (8 credit hrs)
V.
COMPUTER LITERACY REQUIREMENT:
_____IST 203 (Software Tools) or equivalent