Economics Building in Winter

 


Requirements for an Undergraduate

Minor in Economics

  1. Required Economics Courses: Minimum of 19 or 20 hours depending on Principles course(s) taken
    1. ECON 2010 and 2020 (8 hours)
    2. ECON 3070 and 3080 (6 hours)
    3. At least six hours of upper division electives
      (Note: students transferring 6 credits of Principles coursework must complete 9 hours of upper division electives)

Students must complete at least one 4000-level course as an upper division elective.

  1. All course work applied to the Econ minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better. No pass/fail work may be applied. The grade point average for all minor degree course work must equal 2.00 or higher.

  2. Students will be allowed to apply no more than nine credit hours, including six upper division credit hours, of transfer work toward the Econ minor.

  3. Students may elect to take one of the following 3000-level Economics courses that are intended for non Econ majors: ECON 3403, 3535, 3545, 3784.

  4. ECON 3070, 3080, 3818, and all 4000-level ECON courses require a prerequisite of Calculus 1. Students may take any of the following courses to meet this prerequisite: ECON 1088, MATH 1081, MATH 1300 or APPM 1350.

  5. Students pursuing an Individually Structured Major or who are pursuing a major in Distributed Studies will not be eligible to earn a minor in Economics.