Economics- Minor

A minor in economics provides foundations in economic tools, concepts, and perspectives necessary to understand, describe and explain how economic activities are organized at the individual, household, firm, industry, state, national and global levels. The role of incentives, scarcity, tradeoffs, comparative advantage, and marginal analysis on optimal resource allocation are discussed. The role of history, culture, and institutions and their impacts on economic behavior, outcome, and optimal allocation is also emphasized

Minor Requirements

The minor consists of 18 credits.  ECO-1000 is required.  Students may then take 15 additional credits from the list of courses below (ECO 2010 and ECO 2020 may not be counted for Business, Accounting, Sports Management or Healthcare Management Majors):

Eligible Courses

ECO 2010PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

3

ECO 2020PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

3

ECO 3200/LAW 3200CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW AND ECONOMICS

ECO 4020MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

3

ECO 4070SOCIAL ECONOMICS

3

ECO 4090ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION

3

GEO 1020ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

3

MGT 5160Sport Economics

3

MGT 6090BANKING AND MONEY MARKETS

3

SOC 3640POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES

3