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 245 - Human Resources and Career Development
• BAD 370 - Investments
• BAD 375 - International Finance
• BAD 491 - Special Topics in Finance
• ECON 365 - Applied Statistical Analysis
• ECON 366 - American Economic History
• ECON 367 - Financial Markets and Institutions
• ECON 462 - History of 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
• MATH 280 - Introduction to Differential Equations
• 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.

Students majoring in economics are advised to complete MATH 130  or MATH 170  to satisfy the mathematics foundation requirement.

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.