Economics Major
Business Administration Comprehensive Option
Bachelor of Science
Economics Emphasis
All College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements must be fulfilled.
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
General Studies coursework required by major = 48
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 15 including:
- (Maximum of 1 MATH course will count in this section.)
- MATH 102GS*, College Algebra - 3 hours
- *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level,
reducing the total hours needed to complete the major.
- Take 1 course from:
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 9 including:
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 0
- Capstone = 3
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 57
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 105
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 20
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Business Economics Comprehensive = 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.
- Business Core Requirements (36 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ACCT 250, Principles of Accounting I - 3 hours
- ACCT 251, Principles of Accounting II - 3 hours
- ACCT 311, Business Law - 3 hours
- BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101)
- FIN 308, Principles of Finance - 3 hours
- MGT 233GS, Business Statistics - 3 hours
- MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
- MGT 314, Operations Management - 3 hours
- MGT 493, Social Responsibilities of Business: Issues and Ethics - 3 hours
- MGT 495, Administrative Strategy and Policy - 3 hours
- MIS 302, Principles of Management Information Systems - 3 hours
- MKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
- Business Administration Comprehensive Economics Requirement (3 hours required)
- Business Economics Emphasis Requirements (21 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ECON 300, Foundations of Research Methods in Economics and Business - 2 hours
- ECON 320, Economic Theory, Intermediate Microeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 321, Economic Theory, Intermediate Macroeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 485, Senior Seminar - 1 hour
- Take 12 additional hours from:
- 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; ACCT 250; passing score on Business Computer Proficiency Examination or completion of MIS 182GS)
- ECON 410, Health Care Economics - 3 hours
- ECON 415, Agricultural Price Analysis - 3 hours (Prereq: ECON 335; MGT 233GS or STAT 241GS)
- ECON 430, International Economics - 3 hours
- ECON 435, Agricultural Finance - 3 hours (Prereq: ECON 271GS, ECON 398, ACCT 250)
- ECON 465, Economics of Transportation - 3 hours
- ECON 475, Internship - 3 hours
- ECON 499, Independent Study and Research in Economics - 6 hours
- GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours (Prereq: GEOG 104GS or GEOG 106GS)
- MGT 334, Intermediate Statistics - 3 hours
- MGT 425, Operations Research - 3 hours
