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 Credit Requirements by Topic Area

A total of 126 credit hours is required for graduation. The credit hour requirements are broken down by topic area below.

Topic Area Courses Credits
Economics ECON 251, 252, 340, 352, and 6 Econ elective courses
30
English ENGL 106 or 108, or equivalent
3-4
Communication COM 114
3
Foreign Language FL 101, 102, 201
9
Computer Science CS 154 or 156 or 158 or 180 or 235*
3
Mathematics MA 159, 223/ 224 or MA 161/ 162 or MA 165/ 166
8-11
Statistics STAT 225
3
Economic Core Requirements See economic core requirements page
21-33
Two Specialty Areas Communication, Sociology and Anthropology, History, Political Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Computer Science, Management, Mathematics, or Statistics
18-26
Free Electives  
28-4


*CS 235 is the preferred course.

The following courses cannot be used to fulfill graduation requirements for Economics Majors:
ENGL 100, MA 111, 133, 134, 137, 138, 139, 152, PHYS 149, ENGR 109, STAT 113, 114, 301, and CHM 100.

Students enrolled in the Economics Honors Program must have an overall graduation index of 3.0 and a grade index of 3.1 in all Economics courses taken. In addition, they must complete MGMT 305, ECON 360, and ECON 499H (Senior Honors Thesis--spring only).

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