Economics -  B.A. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (39-43 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KSS	ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
		22061	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
		32040	Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Applications	3
		32041	Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy	3
		32050	Applied Econometrics	3
WIC		42191	Senior Seminar in Economics*	3
		3/4xxxx	ECON upper-division elective	12
KMC	MATH	11010	Algebra for Calculus I	3
KAD KAD	MATH	11012 11022 12002	Intuitive Calculus (3) or Trigonometry (2) and Analytic Geometry and Calculus (5)	3-7
	MIS	24056	Business Statistics	3
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (81 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language			14-16
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			9-10
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	General Electives (minimum 24 upper-division credit hours)			37
TOTAL				121

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.


Students interested in pursuing graduate study in economics are encouraged to take MATH 12002 Calculus I, MATH 12003 Calculus II and other mathematics and statistics courses. Interested students with the appropriate prerequisites may also want to substitute MATH 40011 and 40012 for MIS 24056 and ECON 32050, with departmental approval.

A Bachelor of Business Administration in economics is offered in the College of Business Administration.