2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Economics, B.S.

 

General Education 32

Foundations Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1044PRECALCULUS FOR BUSINESS

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

 

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2021RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more). A minimum grade of C or better is required for ENG*1030, MATH*1044 or MATH*1054, COMM*1402, and GE*2021.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 19

Humanities 6

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

*ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 6

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

*HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
Psychology

3

ES 1010WORLD GEOGRAPHY

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 7

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

A minimum grade of C or higher is required for CPS*1032.

Select one Lab Science course from the following areas:
Lab Science: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Earth Science, Forensic Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Physics or Sustainability Sciences

4

Additional Required Courses 15

Additional Required Courses 15

ENG 3090BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING

3

COMM 3590BUSINESS & PROF. COMM

3

MGS 2030PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

3

MKT 2500PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

3

 

Academic Major 48

All major courses require a grade of C or higher.

Major Requirements 33

MGS 3001PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR BUSINESS

3

MGS 3520BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

3

ECON 1020PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS I

3

ECON 1021PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS II

3

ECON 3020INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS

3

ECON 3021INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS

3

 

ECON 3000CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL POVERTY

3

OR

ECON 3300MONEY AND BANKING

3

 

ECON 3400INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

3

ECON 4200INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS

3

 

Select one course from the choices below:

ECON 2120STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

3

ECON 3200INTRO TO QUANT METH IN ECO

3

MATH 3544PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS

3

 

Select one course from the choices below:

MGS 3101FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS

3

MGS 3701DATA MINING IN BUSINESS

3

MATH 4720STATISTICAL DATA MINING

3

Major Electives Courses 12

Select Four courses from: Any Economics course not taken elsewhere at the 3000 level or above, MATH*3640, MATH*3690, MATH*3790, MATH*4710, MATH*4720, MGS*3025, MGS*3035, MGS*3101, MGS*3701, or MGS*4701.

Major Capstone Course 3

ECON 4500SELECTED TOPICS IN ECONOMICS

3

OR

ECON 4998SENIOR THESIS

3

ECO 4500: Writing Emphasis (WE) Course required by Major. This course requires a grade of C or better.

Free Electives 25

Selected with advisement. At least 50% must be at 3000 level or above.

  • ECO 1996 (Optional) Freshmen may partner with faculty in research and earn 1 credit; may be taken up to 2 times
  • ECO 3291, ECO 3292, ECO 3293 (Optional) 1-3 credit Internship courses; can be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credits.
  • A Minor is highly recommended in Accounting, Finance, Management or Marketing.

 

Total Credit Hours: 120