Economics, B.B.A.

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General

(See General Requirements for all Bachelor’s Degrees)

Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum - 42 semester hours

(See Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum - 42 semester hours)

Bachelor of Business Administration (Business and Professional Business Cores)

(see Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration)

Courses for Major in Economics - 27 semester hours

Required courses - 9 semester hours

• ECON 3323 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3
• ECON 3333 - Intermediate Microeconomics 3
• LSBA 3243 - Commercial Law 3

Upper Level Economics Elective Courses - 18 semester hours

Six courses in upper-level economics electives.  One course from each of four optional areas can be substituted for the upper-level economics electives.  Agribusiness (AGBU) concentration requires four AGBU courses including AGBU 4723 - Agricultural Price Analysis.  International Business (IBUS) concentration requires the following four courses: ECON 4643 - International Economics and Finance, ECON 4723 - Comparative Economic Systems, MGMT 3353 - International Management, and MKTG 4643 - International Marketing, along with two Economics, Agribusiness, or other approved electives.

• AGBU options:

• AGBU 3723 - Natural Resource Economics 3
• AGBU 3783 - Applied Agribusiness Management 3
• AGBU 3923 - Applied Agricultural Marketing 3
• AGBU 4423 - Agriculture Policy 3
• AGBU 4643 - International Agricultural Trade 3
• AGBU 4723 - Agricultural Price Analysis 3

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  FINC options:

• FINC 3353 - Financial Markets and Institutions 3
• FINC 4653 - Financial Management 3
• FINC 4733 - Investments 3

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  MGMT options:

• MGMT 3783 - Entrepreneurship and Management of Small Enterprises 3
• MGMT 4033 - Quantitative Methods 3
• MGMT 4113 - Leadership 3
• MGMT 4213 - Human Resource Management 3
• MGMT 4513 - Employee Relations 3
• MGMT 4613 - Supervisory Skills 3

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  MIS options:

• MIS 3113 - Business Programming Language 3
• MIS 3123 - Database Design and Management 3
• MIS 3163 - Project Management 3
• MIS 3203 - Electronic Commerce 3

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  MKTG options:

• MKTG 3763 - Professional Selling 3
• MKTG 3823 - Consumer Behavior 3
• MKTG 4143 - Marketing Research 3
• MKTG 4203 - Promotion Management 3
• MKTG 4643 - International Marketing 3
• MKTG 4723 - Services Marketing 3
• MKTG 4753 - Marketing Strategy 3

Mathematics Courses

Economics majors planning to go on to a graduate program are strongly recommended to take additional mathematics courses including

• MATH 1634 - Calculus I 4
• MATH 1734 - Calculus II 4
• MATH 2753 - Linear Algebra 3

Approved Electives

Electives approved by student’s advisor to bring total to 120 semester hours.  Developmental courses and EXPH activity courses cannot be counted as electives.