Economics Major BS
Economics describes and analyzes the organization and operation of an economic system. While much can be learned from the economic systems of other countries, most courses in this program focus on the western market economy. An understanding of economics is essential for all careers in management and to becoming a well-informed citizen and participant in society.
The economics program offers courses which serve all majors in the College of Management and those leading to the two tracks in the economics major. The business economics track prepares students for work in the quantitative areas of business: market research, business forecasting, financial analysis, economic modeling and simulation, operations, and quantitative decision making. The more traditional economics track prepares students for graduate study in economics and professional study in law, public administration, business and public policy.
The economics program area also offers a minor in economics that allows students to go deeper in learning how to apply the basic concepts gained from taking the principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics. The economics minor provides a balance of theory and practice in order to increase students' ability to solve problems in their fields. The economics minor is offered primarily to the following categories of students: students from business and management fields in the College of Management, students from human services and public administration, and students from the liberal arts who desire to increase their knowledge of economics.
All economics courses may be used to fulfill the university's general education/liberal studies requirements.
Requirements
The economics program includes 120 credits (at least 40 upper division) distributed in general education/liberal studies, foundation courses and study in economics or business economics.
- General Education and Liberal Studies
- Economics Foundation Courses (22 credits)
Students in degree programs at Metropolitan State University must complete while at the university, or transfer to the university, a number of courses to meet general education and liberal studies requirements. View General Education and Liberal Studies (GELS) for Metropolitan State University.
Economics Track
- Required (16 credits)
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ECON 351 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Note: This course is offered on a two-year rotation basis and through independent study. - ECON 352 Intermediate Microeconomics
Note: This course is offered on a two-year rotation basis and through independent study. - ECON 420 Money, Banking and Financial Institutions
- ECON 497 Economic Research and Forecasting
- Electives (16 credits, choose four courses)
- ECON 311 Economics of the Environment
- ECON 313 Labor Economics
- ECON 314 International and Comparative Economics
- ECON 315 Economics of Diversity
- ECON 316 Health Economics
- ECON 496 Managerial Economics
Note: ECON 201, 22 and STAT 201 are prerequisites for ECON 496.
Business Economics Track
- Required (24 credits)
- ACCT 210 Financial Accounting
- ECON 314 International and Comparative Economics
- ECON 420 Money, Banking and Financial Institutions
- ECON 496 Managerial Economics
- ECON 497 Economic Research and Forecasting
Note: This course is a capstone class which should be taken near the end of a student's program. - FIN 390 Principles of Finance
- Economics Electives (12 credits, choose three courses)
- ECON 311 Economics of the Environment
- ECON 313 Labor Economics
- ECON 315 Economics of Diversity
- ECON 316 Health Economics
- ECON 351 Intermediate Macroeconomics
- ECON 352 Intermediate Microeconomics
- DSCI 431 Managerial Problem-solving and Decision-making Methods or
- DSCI 434 Introduction to Operations Management
Note: Only one of these may be applied toward the business economics track. - FIN 550 International Finance
- MGMT 490 Challenges and Choices in Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- MKTG 420 Marketing Research