Program Requirements

Honors Distinction

We offer honors sections of ECO 101, ECO 155 and ECO 165 for interested and qualified students. In addition, students can take any economics course as an honors course with special permission from the instructor and approval from the Honors College.

Recommended electives

All majors wishing to pursue careers in either Business or Public Administration/Government, or wishing to pursue Graduate Study in Economics or attend Law School are encouraged (but not required) to choose electives from the following relevant set of courses:

• Business Orientation Track. Courses are: ECO 310(3), 425(3), 450(3), 475(3), 565(3); ACC 201(3); BUS 135(3); FIN 380(3); LAW 231(3); MGT 286(3), MGT 320(3) or MGT 340(3); MKT 150(3) or MKT 350(3)
• Public Administration/Government Orientation Track. Courses are: ACC 201(3); ECO 310(3), 425(3), 450(3), 504(3), 515(3), 540(3); PLN 370(3), PLS 255(3), PLS 573(3), PLS 576(3)
• Graduate School Orientation Track. Courses are: ECO 425(3), 473(3), 515(3), 565(3), 585(3); MTH 261(5), 280(5), 302(3), 315(3)
• Law School Orientation Track. Courses are: ECO 425(3), 435(3), 473(3), 515(3), 540(3), 565(3); ENG 310(3); HST 517(3); LAW 231(3); PHI 305(3); PLS 515(3), 517(3)