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 300, Foundations of Research Methods in Economics and Business - 2 hours

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 - 1 hour
 

B. Economics Electives (12 hours required)

ECON electives - 12 hours