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