General Requirements (Core Areas A - E) Credit Hours: 42

Additional Requirements Credit Hours: 4

Area F - Courses Appropriate to Major Credit Hours: 18

• CISM 2530 - Advanced Business Applications (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 Credit Hours)
• MATH 1232 - Survey of Calculus (3 Credit Hours)
• Foreign Language

Major Requirements Credit Hours: 36

• BUSA 3131 - Foundations of Business Analytics I (3 Credit Hours)

• or  STAT 1401 - Elementary Statistics (3 Credit Hours)  

• BUSA 3132 - Foundations of Business Analytics II (3 Credit Hours)

• or STAT 1402 - Elementary Statistics II (3 Credit Hours)  

• STAT 1402 - Elementary Statistics II (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 3131 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 3231 - Intermediate Microeconomics (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 4131 - Applied Econometrics (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON XXXX Upper Division Courses (21 credit hours)

Minor Credit Hours: 15

• Select 15 credit hours of Minor courses

Electives Credit Hours: 9

• Select 9 credit hours of Electives

Total Credit Hours: 124

Honors in Economics

To graduate with Honors in Economics, a student must:

• be admitted to the Honors College;
• successfully complete Research Seminar (BUSA 3610 ) and Business Seminar (BUSA 3620 );¹
• successfully complete and present an Honors Thesis or Capstone Project;
• be in good standing in the Honors College at the time of graduation.

Honors students in the Parker College of Business are strongly encouraged to take Honors classes where appropriate.

¹ Note: Research Seminar (BUSA 3610 ) and Business Seminar (BUSA 3620 ) together count toward a business degree program as 3 hours of free elective credit, meaning that business honors students have 3 hours less of free elective credit towards their degree than non-honors business students.

Advisement

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