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 including:
    • 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.

1. Economics Requirements (12 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ECON 300, Foundations of Research Methods in Economics and Business - 2 hours (Prereq: ECON 270GS or ECON 271GS; BMGT 233 or STAT 241)
     • ECON 320, Economic Theory, Intermediate Microeconomics - 3 hours
     • ECON 321, Economic Theory, Intermediate Macroeconomics - 3 hours
     • ECON 485, Senior Seminar - 1 hour
   • Take 1 course from:
     • ECON 365, Quantitative Methods - 3 hours
     • BMGT 233, Business Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102 (if necessary) or MATH 120 or MATH 123)
     • STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
2. Economics Electives (12 hours required)
   • Take 12 hours from the following:
     • ECON 314, Public Finance - 3 hours
     • ECON 322, Money and Banking - 3 hours
     • ECON 335, Agricultural Marketing - 3 hours
     • ECON 350, Economics of the Agricultural Sector - 3 hours
     • ECON 365, Quantitative Methods - 3 hours
     • ECON 380, Tourism Economics - 3 hours
     • ECON 385, Environmental Economics - 3 hours
     • ECON 395, Labor Economics - 3 hours
     • ECON 398, Farm and Ranch Management - 3 hours (Prereq: ECON 271GS; BACC 250; passing score on Business Computer Proficiency Examination or completion of BMIS 182GS)
     • ECON 410, Health Care Economics - 3 hours
     • ECON 415, Agricultural Price Analysis - 3 hours (Prereq: ECON 335; BMGT 233 or STAT 241)
     • ECON 430, International Economics - 3 hours
     • ECON 435, Agricultural Finance - 3 hours (Prereq: ECON 271GS, ECON 398, BACC 250)
     • ECON 465, Economics of Transportation - 3 hours
     • ECON 475, Internship - 3 hours
     • ECON 499, Independent Study and Research in Economics - 6 hours
     • BMGT 334, Intermediate Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq: BMGT 233 or equivalent)
     • BMGT 425, Operations Research - 3 hours (Prereq: BMGT 233 or equivalent)
     • GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours (Prereq: GEOG 104GS or GEOG 106GS)