Economics Minor

Economics Minor

Earning an Economics Minor adds a marketable knowledge skill set broadly recognized across business, banking, nonprofit, and government sectors.  Economic analysis can be applied to problems and issues that are central to local, regional, national, and global economies, so the Economics Minor provides students with greater versatility for problem solving when confronted with unexpected challenges and can allow individuals to follow a career path increasingly in their desired niche. 

Economics Minor Required Courses: 6

• ECON 121 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3

• and

• ECON 122 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3

Economics Minor Controlled Electives: 6

Six credits from (MATH 114 or MATH 117 or MATH 216), ECON 200-level, ECON 300-level, or ECON 400-level courses (1, 2, 3)

• MATH 114 - Probability and Statistics for Business Majors Credits: 3

• or

• MATH 216 - Probability and Statistics for Natural Sciences Credits: 3

• or

• MATH 117 - Probability and Statistics Credits: 3

• or

• ECON 200-level, 300-level, or 400-level courses

Economics Minor 300-level and 400-level Controlled Electives: 6

Six credits from ECON 300-level or ECON 400-level courses (1, 2, 3)

Total Minor Requirements: 18

(1) Minor course requirements must be completed with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

(2) Neither ECON 101  nor ECON 143  counts as an ECON controlled elective.

(3) A maximum of three credits from ECON 493 Internship in Economics may be used to count towards the Economics Minor.