College of Business and Technology

Department of
ECONOMICS

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ECONOMICS MAJOR

AGRI-BUSINESS MAJOR


Vani Kotcherlakota, Chair
Professors: Kotcherlakota, Jenkins
Associate Professors: Eshleman, Marxsen
Assistant Professors: Bridges, Johannsson, Onyeaghala
Lecturer: Sack-Rittenouse

Department Objectives:


College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements

All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take at least 50% of their major area credit hour requirements from the College of Business and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take a minimum of 30 of their last 36 hours of credit needed for their degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Students seeking a Business Administration Major, Business Administration Comprehensive Major, Economics Major, Agri-Business Major, or Aircraft Systems Management Major must take a minimum of 63 credit hours that exclude courses with the prefix BACC, BSAD, BFIN, BMKT, BMGT, BASM, BSED, BMIS, and ECON. BMGT 233 and up to 9 hours of economics may be included in the 63 hours.


ECONOMICS MAJOR

Three Options are available:

  1. Economics Option - Bachelor of Arts Degree
  2. Business Economics Comprehensive Option - Bachelor of Science Degree
  3. Economics Teaching Subject Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree
AGRI-BUSINESS MAJOR

The minor in Economics is available for students pursuing majors in other disciplines.

The minor in Regional Economics is available for students interested in an integrated, analytical approach to regional economic problems in retail, industrial and agricultural firm location.

Economics participates in the Social Science Teaching Field Endorsement.

Courses with the prefix ECON are offered by the department.


CENTER FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION

Mary Sack Rittenhouse, Director

Objectives:

The Center for Economic Education is affiliated with the University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Economics and the Joint Council on Economic Education as well as the Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP) for school systems. For more information contact Mary Rittenhouse.

16 May 2005

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