University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Economics:

Economics - Bachelor of Science

General Studies = 45

General Studies required by major:

ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours

ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours

BS Science-related course requirements (See D. below)

Major = 36

Minor or 2nd Major = 24

Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.

Minimum total hours required coursework = 105

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 20

Minimum total hours required for BS 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. Economics Requirements

Take all of the following:

ECON 314, Public Finance - 3 hours

ECON 320, Economic Theory, Intermediate Microeconomics - 3 hours

ECON 321, Economic Theory, Intermediate Macroeconomics - 3 hours

ECON 365, Quantitative Methods - 3 hours (Prereq: STAT 241)

Acceptable substitutes for ECON 365 are:

BMGT 233, Business Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 120 or MATH 123)

BMGT 334, Intermediate Statistics - 3 hours

MATH 123, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102 or MATH 112)

STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours

B. Economics Electives

Take 12 hours from:

BMGT 233, Business Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 120 or MATH 123)

BACC 250, Beginning Accounting I - 3 hours

BACC 251, Beginning Accounting II - 3 hours (Prereq: BACC 250)

ECON 398, Introduction to Farm and Ranch Management - 3 hours (Prereq: BACC 250)

ECON 314, Public Finance - 3 hours

ECON 318, History of Economic Thought - 3 hours

ECON 322, Money and Banking - 3 hours

ECON 340, History of American Business and Business Persons - 3 hours

ECON 345, The Economics of Business Concentration - 3 hours

ECON 350, Economics of the Agricultural Sector - 3 hours

ECON 355, Comparative Economic Systems - 3 hours

ECON 365, Quantitative Methods - 3 hours (Prereq: STAT 241)

ECON 375, Seminar on Current Economic Events and Issues - 3 hours

ECON 380, Tourism Economics - 3 hours

ECON 395, Labor Economics - 3 hours

ECON 399, Apprenticeship Program - 1-4 hours

ECON 400, Research Methods - 3 hours

ECON 401, Economics of the City - 3 hours

ECON 402, Mathematical Economics with Linear Programming - 3 hours
(Prereq: MATH 123, STAT 241)

ECON 420, Environmental Economics - 3 hours

ECON 430, International Economics - 3 hours (Prereq: ECON 322)

ECON 445, Industrial Organization - 3 hours

ECON 465, Economics of Transportation - 3 hours

ECON 490, Professional Semester - 15 hours

ECON 499, Independent Study and - 6 hours

GEOG 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours

GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours (Prereq: GEOG 104GS or GEOG 106GS)

MATH 123, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102 or MATH 112)

STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours

C. Economics Bachelor of Science Option

A student earning two or more majors need not complete this option.

Take 12 to 15 hours from:

MATH 112*, Scientific Topics in Mathematics - 5 hours

MATH 123, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102 or MATH 112)

MATH 223, Applied Calculus II - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 123)

STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours

CSIS 110GS, Structured COBOL Programming - 3 hours
(Recommended co-requisite: CSIS 100.B VM/CMS)

CSIS 130GS, Introduction to Computer Science - 3 hours

CSIS 220, Computer Organization - 3 hours (Prereq: CSIS 150)

CSIS 310, Advanced Structured COBOL - 3 hours (Prereq: CSIS 110GS)

CSIS 350, Information Systems Concepts - 3 hours (Prereq: CSIS 110GS, CSIS 130GS)

*MATH 115, MATH 202, MATH 260 and STAT 448 are substitutes for MATH 112.