Economics Major: Degrees and Tracks (Effective Fall 2009)
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Program Structure: The economics department offers three undergraduate degrees:
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) awarded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) awarded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) awarded by the Tippie College of Business
- Business Track in Economics
Intended for students who plan to take positions in the private sector, or who ultimately seek an MBA degree after gaining necessary experience. - Policy Track in Economics
Intended for students who seek a law school degree, a graduate degree in less quantitative areas, or decision-making positions in the public or private sectors. - Analytical Track in Economics
Intended for students who seek a graduate degree in more quantitative areas, or technical/analytical positions in the public or private sectors.
(See a simple one-page schematic of the degrees and tracks.)
Current quantitative corequisite course requirements, which are as follows, remain unchanged.
Quantitative Requirements for B.A. and BBA in Economics
MATH:1380/22M:017 Calculus and Matrix Algebra for Business
STAT:1030/22S:008 Statistics for Business
ECON:2800/6E:071 Statistics for Strategy Problems
Quantitative Requirements for B.S. in Economics
MATH:1850/22M:025 Calculus I and MATH:1860/22M:026 Calculus II
STAT:3120/22S:120 Probability and Statistics
or STAT:3100/22S:130 Intro to Math. Statistics I and STAT:3101/22S:131 Intro to Math. Statistics II
ECON:4800/6E:184 Introduction to Econometrics
In addition to the quantitative requirements listed above, all students must take 6E:001 Principles of Microeconomics and 6E:002 Principles of Macroeconomics.
Within economics, B.A. students take 21 semester hours, and B.S. and BBA students take 18 semester hours, of courses numbered above 6E:100. These must include ECON:3100/6E:104 Microeconomic Theory or ECON:3140/6E:106 Advanced Microeconomics, and ECON:3120/6E:105 Macroeconomics, while the remaining courses are selected from a distinct set of courses corresponding to each track. Specifically, the available options for economics majors are the following:
B.A., B.S., and BBA in Economics—Business Track
ECON:3100/6E:104 Microeconomic Theory or ECON:3140/6E:106 Advanced Microeconomics
ECON:3120/6E:105 Macroeconomics
Five courses (B.A.) or four courses (B.S. and BBA) selected from the following set:
ECON:3160/6E:111 Personnel Economics
ECON:3200/6E:117 Money, Banking and Financial Markets
ECON:3240/6E:125 Global Economics and Business
ECON:3350/6E:141 Industry Analysis
ECON:3355/06E:143 Economic and Business Forecasting
ECON:3370/6E:160 Household Finance
ACTG:2200/6A:002 Managerial Accounting (not available to BBA students)
MGMT:2100/6J:048 Introduction to Management (not available to BBA students)
B.A., B.S., and BBA in Economics—Policy Track
ECON:3100/6E:104 Microeconomic Theory or ECON:3140/6E:106 Advanced Microeconomics
ECON:3120/6E:105 Macroeconomics
Five courses (B.A.) or four courses (B.S. and BBA) numbered between 6E:111 and 6E:189, including at least four courses (B.A.) or three courses (B.S. and BBA) selected from the following set:
ECON:3180/6E:113 Health Economics
ECON:3220/6E:119 Policy Analysis
ECON:3240/6E:125 Global Economics and Business
ECON:3260/6E:129 Economic Growth and Development
ECON:3330/6E:133 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
ECON:3340/6E:135 Regional and Urban Economics
ECON:3750/6E:145 Transportation Economics
ECON:3390/6E:165 Sports Economics
ECON:3410/6E:169 Topics in Policy Economics
ECON:4100/6E:171 Antitrust Economics
ECON:3440/6E:172 Law and Economics
B.A., B.S., and BBA in Economics—Analytical Track
ECON:3100/6E:104 Microeconomic Theory or ECON:3140/6E:106 Advanced Microeconomics
ECON:3120/6E:105 Macroeconomics
Five courses (B.A.) or four courses (B.S. and BBA) numbered between 6E:111 and 6E:189, including at least four courses (B.A.) or three courses (B.S. and BBA) courses selected from the following set:
ECON:3500/6E:173 International Economics
ECON:3400/6E:174 Monetary Economics
ECON:3300/6E:175 Labor Economics
ECON:3420/6E:176 Public Sector Economics
ECON:3310/6E:177 Industrial Organization
ECON:3320/6E:183 Natural Resource Economics
ECON:3850/6E:187 Mathematical Economics
ECON:3900/6E:189 Topics in Analytical Economics
The courses 6E:158 American Economic History and 6E:179 History of Economic Thought are outside of any track groupings, although they can be used to satisfy the requirement of five (four for BBA) courses numbered between ECON:3160 /6E:111 and ECON:4800/6E:189.
ECON:4800/6E:184 Introduction to Econometrics is not listed on any track requirement either, but is included as part of the quantitative corequisite courses.
The two topics courses, ECON:3410/6E:169 Topics in Policy Economics and ECON:3900/6E:189 Topics in Analytical Economics, will be offered on a one-off basis or used to develop new courses for the Business or Policy Tracks and the Analytical Track, respectively.
