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2022-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Economics, B.A. or B.S.


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College-wide Requirements: In addition to meeting the requirements in General Education and in the major, students must also complete six (6) credits in the Liberal Arts Core required of all majors in the College of Liberal Arts. Options for satisfying this requirement are outlined under the section on the College of Liberal Arts. Also, in order to qualify for graduation, students must have taken all of their junior-and senior-level requirements in the major at Morgan (unless granted prior written permission by the Dean to take courses elsewhere); and must have earned a cumulative average of 2.0 or better and a major average of 2.0 or better, with no outstanding grades below “C” in the major (which includes all courses required for the major and required supporting courses). The Department of Economics offers the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees in Economics. (Please contact the Department Chair).

 

Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. Degree in Economics

A minimum of  credit hours are required to graduate with a B.A. or a B.S. in Economics.  These credit hours are distributed as follows:

General Education and University Requirements    43

Liberal Arts Core Requirements    6

Required Courses for the Major in Economics    65

Required Courses for the B.A. or B.S.    6

Total Credits 120

 

General Education and University Requirements 43 credits


Supporting Courses


* denotes a department required supporting course which may fulfill a general education requirement and must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher

Liberal Arts Core 6 credits


  • XXXX - Liberal Arts Core 3 credits
  • XXXX - Liberal Arts Core 3 credits

Required Core Courses for the Economics Major 65 credits


Required Courses for the B.A. in Economics 6 credits


  • XXXX - Foreign Language Sequence 3 credits2
  • XXXX - Foreign Language Sequence 3 credits2

Required courses for the B.S. in Economics 6 credits


  • XXXX - Approved Quantitative Substitute Course 3 credits
  • XXXX - Approved Quantitative Substitute Course 3 credits

Total Credits 120


* denotes a department required supporting course which may fulfill a general education requirement and must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher

Please see General Education Requirements Distribution Areas  for courses that satisfy General Education Requirements where not specified by the department

1  Free Electives must be a total of 10 credits and can be taken in any credit per course to total 10 credits

2  The Foreign Language requirement must consist of 2 sequential courses in the same language

 

Suggested Curriculum Sequence


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