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Economics at Eureka College

 

Economics refers to the scientific study of buying and selling behavior. As such, it represents one of the foundational social science disciplines in a liberal arts education. Eureka College offers a minor in Economics, and coursework in Economics support the general education curriculum and serve the needs of students majoring in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Studies with Management Information Systems, Elementary Education-Social Science, and History with Teacher Certification.

 

The Economics minor is designed to appeal to students from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds and will therefore serve various campus constituencies.  Although the primary course content of the minor will consist of Economics courses, students will be able to craft the minor specifically to one of five “focus” areas.  These include a Finance Focus, a General Business Focus, an International Focus, a Behavioral Focus, and a Quantitative Methods Focus.

 

The Economics minor consists of 21 credit hours, including 15 credit hours of core coursework and 6 credit hours of coursework in one of five focus areas.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN ECONOMICS –

21 hours of coursework, consisting of the following:

 

All of the following:

 

ECO111  

Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECO112 

Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECO211 

Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

3

ECO212

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

3

Plus an additional 3 hours of  ECO coursework at the 300-level.  

 

Plus one of the focus areas listed below:

3

 

6

TOTAL:     

 

21

Two of the following: 

 1.  Finance Focus

Choose two of the following:

 

BUA360  

Business Finance

3

BUA361 

International Financial Markets and Institutions

3

BUA362

Securities Analysis and Investments

3

or an additional course in ECO at the 300-level.   

3

2.  General Business Focus (non-Accounting or Business Administration majors only)

Two of the following, with at least one at the 300-level or higher:

BUA220 

Management

3

BUA230 

Marketing

3

BUA334

Advertising

3

BUA340

Business Law

3

BUA360

Business Finance

3

BUA410W

Strategy and Policy

3

3.  International Focus

Two of the following, with at least one at the 300-level:

BUA310

International Business

3

BUA361 

International Financial Markets and Institutions

3

PSC261  

Comparative Government

3

PSC263

International Relations

3

4.  Behavioral Focus

Two of the following, with at least one at the 300-level:

BUA331

Consumer Behavior

3

BUA332

Marketing Research

3

PSY225

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

3

PSY305

Cognitive Psychology

3

PSY380W

Research Methods

4

5.  Quantitative Methods Focus

Two of the following, with at least one at the 300-level:

MAT171 

Calculus with Analytic Geometry I 

4

MAT271

Calculus with Analytic Geometry II

4

MAT275

Differential Equations

3

MAT310  

Probability and Statistics

3

MAT315

Linear Algebra

3

PSY270   

Statistics II 

3

 

                                                                                                              

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