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:
- To educate the student in regard to the economic system;
- To provide the student with the tools of analysis to enable effective reasoning about
economic phenomena and economic problems;
- To instill in the student a critical attitude of thinking in the fields of economic
activity;
- To provide a comprehensive program of course work for students desiring to concentrate
their studies in the field of economics;
- To offer diversity in subject matter so that a student may specialize in a "career
area" related to economics;
- To serve as a center of economic education, guidance and counseling;
- To prepare the student for graduate studies in economics, business or the social
sciences;
- To assist other departments and centers in problem-solving activities;
- To stimulate scholarly economic research among students;
- To promote among faculty and students applied research directed toward essential
economic issues and problems;
- To create an awareness among students as to the need for and use of research activities
as a correlating device between classroom activities and current problems and issues.
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:
- Economics Option - Bachelor of Arts Degree
- Business Economics Comprehensive Option - Bachelor of Science
Degree
- Economics Teaching Subject Endorsement Option - Bachelor of
Arts in Education Degree
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:
- To increase awareness and enhance the quality of economic education in regional
elementary and secondary Nebraska schools;
- To promote economic literacy among adult populations in Nebraska;
- To carry out research focused on regional economic issues and problems;
- To provide professional services such as workshops, seminars, and other educational
experiences in order to promote economic understanding and professional development of
Nebraska citizens.
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
