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Economics Requirements
Recommended Academic Plan—Economics 2005 through 2009
| 1st Semester | Credits |
| PSU 006 First Year Seminar | 1 |
| § ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS) Composition | 3 |
| § MATH 110 or 140 (GQ) Calculus | 4 |
| § ECON 002 Microeconomics | 3 |
| Foreign Lang | 4 |
| 2nd Semester | Credits |
| § ECON 004 Macroeconomics | 3 |
| § B A 241 Law or B A 242 Ethics | 2 |
| § MIS 204 Business Info Systems | 3 |
| Foreign Lang or Electives | 4-3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| 3rd Semester | Credits |
| § ACCTG 211 Fin/Mange Acctg | 4 |
| § B A 242 Ethics or B A 241 Law | 2 |
| Foreign Lang or Electives | 4-3 |
| Global Awareness (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| Gen Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 4th Semester | Credits |
| § SCM 200 Bus Stats or STAT 200 (GQ) | 4 |
| ENGL 202D (GWS) Bus Writing | 3 |
| CAS 100 (GWS) Speech | 3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| Gen Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 5th Semester | Credits |
| B A 302 Supply Chains | 2 |
| B A 303 Marketing | 2 |
| ECON 302 Inter Micro Analysis | 3 |
| ECON 333 (GAU) Intl Econ | 3 |
| Health/KINES (GHA) | 3 |
| Gen Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 6th Semester | Credits |
| B A 301 Finance | 2 |
| B A 304 Manage and Org | 2 |
| ECON 304 Inter Macro Analysis | 3 |
| ECON 390 Stat Found/Econometrics | 3 |
| Global Awareness (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| Electives | 3 |
| 7th Semester | Credits |
| ECON 404W Current Econ Issues | 3 |
| ECON 490 Econometrics | 3 |
| ECON 300 lvl or ECON 400 lvl | 3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| Electives | 2-4 |
| 8th Semester | Credits |
| ECON 400 level | 3 |
| B A 411 Analyz Bus/Industry | 3 |
| Gen Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| Electives | 3 |
Bold type requires grade of C or better.
Italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
GAU code is used to identify the Smeal College Global Awareness and Understanding requirement.
GWS, GQ, GA, GH, GS, and GHA are codes used to identify General Education requirements.
US, IL, and US;IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements.
W suffix signifies the course satisfies the University Writing Across the Curriculum requirement.
§ Entrance to Major requirement.
Economics (BA EC) Requirements—2005 through 2009
- Take all of the following Economics courses (18 credits) - A grade of "C" or higher is required in all ECON courses (including ECON 002 and ECON 004).
- ECON 302 (3) Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
- ECON 304 (3) Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
- ECON 333 (3) International Economics
- ECON 390 (3) Statistical Foundations for Econometrics
- ECON 404W (3) Current Economic Issues [Prerequisite: ECON 302 or ECON 304]
- ECON 490 (3) Introduction to Econometrics [Prerequisite: ECON 390]
- Take six additional credits of 300/400 level Economics with at least three credits at the 400 level - A grade of "C" or higher is required in all ECON courses.
- Select two courses from the Economics course list
