University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Economics:

Economics - Bachelor of Science

BT BS 1306
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.

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