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Offered by Department of Economics:

Economics Major

Economics Option
Bachelor of Arts

BT BA 1307

All College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements must be fulfilled.
 
Minimum General Studies = 45
including General Studies coursework required by major
English Language minimum = 9
Humanities minimum = 9
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
Natural Sciences minimum = 7
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 12
ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
Personal Development minimum = 2
BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
For specific language requirements see Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
Major Option = 24
Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 99
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 26
Minimum total hours required for BA in Economics = 125
All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in this major.

A. Economics Requirements (12 hours required)
ECON 320, Economic Theory, Microeconomics - 3
ECON 321, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics - 3
ECON 365, Quantitative Methods - 3
Acceptable substitutes for ECON 365 are:
BMGT 233, Business Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102 (if necessary) or MATH 120 or MATH 123)
BMGT 334, Intermediate Statistics - 3 hours
MATH 123, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102 (if necessary))
STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
ECON 485, Senior Seminar - 3 hours
 
B. Economics Electives (12 hours required)
ECON electives - 12 hours

11 May 2006
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