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The economics program

  • Major in Business Economics
  • Major in Economics
  • Minor in Economics

 

MAJOR IN BUSINESS ECONOMICS

The major in business economics focuses on the best ways to get the most benefit from scarce resources. Study covers firms and organizations (micro-economics) and nations (macro-economics). The major provides the conceptual basis for integrating knowledge of the functional areas of business administration in industry, government, and non-profit organizations. By doing so, it opens the way not only toward teaching, research, and consulting, but also toward graduate study in business, government, and law. In addition to the University Requirements and the Common Business Core courses in business administration, students majoring in business economics must also take the following:

Economics Courses: 18 credits

  • ECO 200 -- Macro-Economic Analysis
  • ECO 201 -- Micro-Economic Analysis
  • ECO 311 -- Public Finance
  • Plus 9 credits (3 courses) selected with the advice of the faculty adviser.

Cognates: 3 credits

  • CSC 200 -- Personal Computer Applications

 

MAJOR IN ECONOMICS

Liberal Arts and Secondary Education Programs
The B.A. major in economics provides an understanding of the basic tools of economic analysis and an opportunity to study the structure and functioning of economic systems and the tools economists use to study them. It also provides practical market perspectives for administrative leadership positions in the arts, humanities, and the natural and social sciences. This 30-credit major provides an appropriate foundation for graduate study in economics or business administration, qualifying students for teaching, research, and executive positions in academic, governmental and business fields. When combined with study in other social sciences, it opens the way toward legal study, social work, and a variety of business employments. Secondary education majors must complete a minor in history that includes at least one course in non-western history as well as courses in United States and non-United States history. The specific professional requirements for Initial Teaching Certification in Connecticut are listed under the heading Major Programs in Secondary Education in the School of Education. Upon completion of Economics 100-101, usually in the freshman year, the student must take the following three courses:

  • ECO 200 -- Macroeconomic Analysis
  • ECO 201 -- Microeconomic Analysis
  • ECO 221 -- Economics and Social Statistics

The student must then select at least one of the following two courses:

  • ECO 311 -- Public Finance
  • FIN 347 -- International Financial Management

Two to four additional courses in Economics should be elected among other economics courses listed below to bring the total credits to 30.

The following cognate course is required:

  • CSC 200 -- Personal Computer Applications

A student majoring in economics may not take more than 30 credits in business courses exclusive of those with ECO prefixes.

 

MINOR IN ECONOMICS

The student begins study in this 18-credit minor, usually in the freshman year, by selecting ECO 100 and 101. He or she then selects four other courses in Economics, at least one of which must be at the 300 or 400 level, with the advice of the department.