2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Economics, B.A.*

*The B.A. in Economics program is offered exclusively at WKU (Kean USA is not currently accepting students for this major)

General Education 41-42

Foundations Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

OR

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

 

COMM 1402COMMUNICATION 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).

ENG 1030 requires a grade of C or greater.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two ares below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

Math or Computer Science 3
MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

Select two GE Approved Science courses from areas below; one must be a lab science
Biology

3,4

Chemistry or Physics

3,4

Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences

3/4

Interdisciplinary

3

Academic Major 39

All major courses require a grade of C or better

Major Required Courses 24

ECO 1020PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS I

3

ECO 1021PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS II

3

ECO 2120STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

3

ECO 3020INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS

3

ECO 3021INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS

3

ECO 3300MONEY AND BANKING

3

ECO 4200INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS

3

 

Select one course from the choices below:

ECO 3200INTRO TO QUANT METH IN ECO

3

OR

MATH 2400CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

3

Major Electives Courses 15

Select Five Economic Elective Courses with advisement.

Major Capstone Course 3

ECO 4500SELECTED TOPICS IN ECONOMICS

3

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

Free Electives 36-37

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.

 

Total Credit Hours: 120