Economics Minor

(18 credits minimum)*

Economic minor helps students master economic theory and practice, as well as to analyze economic problems and evaluate public policy. The minor provides students with a logical structure and careful reasoning skills.

Required Economics (9 credits):

Choose one pair from the following:

ECON 100 - Basic Economics 3 Credits
and
ECON 210 - Economics Principles: Beyond the Basics 3 Credits
or
ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credits
and
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits

Choose one of the following courses:

ECON 300 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 Credits
ECON 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics 3 Credits
ECON 321 - Money and Banking 3 Credits

Directed Economics Electives (9 credits):

ECON 300 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 Credits
ECON 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics 3 Credits
ECON 302 - Economics of Health and Medical Care 3 Credits
ECON 303 - Environmental Economics 3 Credits
ECON 304 - Food, Hunger, and Sustainable Agriculture 3 Credits
ECON 306 - Sports Economics 3 Credits
ECON 307 - Political Economy of the Middle East 3 Credits
ECON 321 - Money and Banking 3 Credits
ECON 331 - Public Finance 3 Credits
ECON 342 - International Political Economy 3 Credits
ECON 346 - Political Economy of Latin America 3 Credits
ECON 347 - Economic Development 3 Credits
ECON 351 - Survey of Labor Economics and Labor Institutions 3 Credits
ECON 353 - Gender and Economics 3 Credits
ECON 355 - The Economics of Crime 3 Credits
ECON 362 - Economic History of the United States 3 Credits
ECON 397 - Course-related International Travel 3 Credits
ECON 398 - Special Topics in Economics 1-6 Credits
ECON 441 - International Economics 3 Credits
ECON 498(E-G, I-Z) - Special Topics in Economics 1-6 Credits

Note:

The Economics Minor is not available to students who have declared the Economics Major or the Economic Policy Minor.