Economics - B.A.

Required Courses:

• ECON 190 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 191 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 260 - Statistics for Business and Economics
• ECON 370 - Intermediate Price Theory: Microeconomics
• ECON 371 - Intermediate Income Theory: Macroeconomics
• ECON 376 - International Economics

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• BAD 335 - Business Ethics

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• Five courses from the following:

• BAD 370 - Investments
• BAD 375 - International Finance
• BAD 491 - Special Topics in Finance
• ECON 365 - Applied Statistical Analysis With Spreadsheets
• ECON 366 - American Economic History
• ECON 367 - Financial Markets and Institutions
• ECON 462 - History of Contemporary Economic Thought
• ECON 498 - Special Topics in Economics
• MATH 230 - Linear Algebra
• MATH 261 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
• MATH 262 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
• MATH 270 - Multivariable Calculus
• Political science courses at the 200 level or above
• Psychology courses at the 200 level or above
• Sociology courses at the 200 level or above

Additional Requirements:

The satisfactory/fail grade option may be used in only one repeated course required for the major.

A minimum of one-half of the courses in the major field must be completed at Dominican.

Additional Information

Students intending to pursue graduate study in economics are strongly recommended to complete MATH 230 , MATH 261 , MATH 262 , MATH 270 , and ECON 365 .

Students intending to pursue a career in financial economics or finance are strongly recommended to complete BAD 370 , BAD 375 , BAD 491 , ECON 365 , and ECON 367 .

Students intending to pursue a career in the social sciences are strongly recommended to complete ECON 366  and ECON 462  and courses in political science, psychology, or sociology.

Teacher Licensure: Elementary Education

Students who wish to teach grades K-9 may major in economics through the Brennan School of Business and complete the School of Education’s Teacher Education Program. In addition to an elementary license, students would be eligible for a middle school endorsement in social science. Students complete the major in economics and the following:

• Professional education courses as outlined in the School of Education  section of this bulletin

• One life science and one physical science course; one of these must have a lab (one of the courses will count toward the natural science areas studies requirement)

• Three state tests: the Test of Academic Proficiency, the Elementary/Middle Grades content test, and the grades K-9 Assessment of Professional Teaching

• 100 hours of field experience

• Professional portfolio

• Clinical practice (one full semester) in an elementary or middle school classroom.

For more information about the elementary licensure program, see the School of Education  section of this bulletin.