Economics B.A.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact: Kelfala M. Kallon, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Location: Candelaria 1281

Telephone : [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Website: www.unco.edu/economics/programs.html

Advising Information:

Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

The program consists of three parts:

1. Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
2. Required Major Credits
3. University-Wide Credits

Program Description:

Economics majors and minors learn the traditional tools and concepts of economics, theories and quantitative procedures applicable to economics and related disciplines and techniques and methodologies employed by economic practitioners.

Program Admission Requirements:

All students must achieve an overall cumulative GPA of 2.25 in order to be admitted to the economics major. First-semester freshmen and transfer students will be admitted on a probational basis and must achieve an overall cumulative GPA of 2.25 after their first semester at UNC in order to continue in the major.

Program Requirements:

• Economics majors must earn a C- or better in each of the following:
  • All courses with an ECON prefix
  • MATH 124
  • MATH 176 or MATH 131 (whichever is taken)
  • STAT 150 or BAFN 291 (whichever is taken)
  • MIND 286 (if taken as an ECON elective)
• In addition, Economics majors must have a 2.00 cumulative grade point average in all courses that count toward the major.
• A maximum of six directed study credits in Economics may be taken.
• For purposes of required supporting credits and minimum grades MIND 286 will be counted as an ECON course.

Program Recommendations:

A minor is strongly recommended.

Degree Requirements — 120 Credits

Degree Requirements

1. Required Specified LAC — 7 credits

LAC area 2 — Mathematics

MATH 124

College Algebra

4

LAC area 5.a. — Economic and Political Systems

ECON 203

Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Remaining LAC — 33 credits

See “Liberal Arts Core”.

2. Required Major — 42 credits

Take all of the following courses:

ECON 205	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 303	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
ECON 305	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
ECON 350	Application of Mathematics to Economics	3
ECON 452	Econometrics	3
ECON 475	Contemporary Economic Problems	3

ECON 452 and ECON 475: Prerequisites include senior status or instructor consent

Choose one of the following courses:

BAFN 291	Business Statistics I	3
STAT 150	Introduction to Statistical Analysis	3

Choose one of the following courses:

MATH 131	Calculus I	4
MATH 176	Topics in Calculus	3

Choose 18 credits from the following courses:

	All 300-400 level ECON prefix courses
	or
MIND 286	Value Issues in Political Economy	3

3. University-Wide Credits — 38 credits

Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 38 credits.