Bachelor of Arts in Economics

 

                Minors are required for all students with a B.A. in Economics.  Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 overall for courses taken at Winthrop as well as for courses counting toward their major and minor programs, and must also complete at least 40 semester hours of courses numbered above 299.  Junior standing (54 semester hours) and a C- or better in CRTW 201 are prerequisites for taking upper division courses in economics.

 

COURSES                                                                                         SEMESTER HOURS

 

General Education Requirements                                                                          (46-53)

      ACAD 101                                              Principles of the Learning Academy                                             (0-1)                                   

                                                                        (Required of entering freshmen only)

      Critical Skills:                                                                                                                                                             

                Writing and Critical Thinking:

                                WRIT 101              Composition                                                                                                 (3)

                                CRTW 201             Critical Reading, Thinking and Writing                                                   (3)

                Quantitative Skills: 

                                MATH 105            Calculus for Managerial and Life Sciences                                             (3)

                Technology:

                                 CSCI 101               Introduction to Computers and Information Processing                      (3)

                                                                (students must take lecture and three lab modules)

                Oral Communication: select from list of approved courses                                                               (3)

                Logic/Language/Semiotics:                                                                                                                         

                                QMTH 205            Quantitative Methods I                                                                              (3)

                                QMTH 206            Quantitative Methods II                                                                            (3)

 

      Skills for a Common Experience and Thinking across Disciplines                                                                  

                HMXP 102  (formerly GNED 102)                                                                                                              (3)

                Global Perspectives:  select from list of approved courses                                                                (3)

                Historical Perspectives: select from list of approved courses                                                            (3)

 

      Developing Critical Skills and Applying Them to Disciplines                                                                           

                Social Sciences: ECON 215, 216 and one non ECON course from list of approved courses         (3)   

                                (semester hours for ECON 215 and 216 included below in the major)

                Humanities and Arts: select from list of approved courses                                                                 (6)

                Natural Science:

                                Lab Science from list                                                                                                                   (4)

                                Non-Lab Science from list                                                                                                          (3)

                Intensive Writing:  select from list of approved courses                                                                  (0-3)

                Constitution Requirement: select from list of approved courses                                                    (0-3)

 

Major                                                                                                                            (30)

                ECON 215                              Principles of Microeconomics                                                                   (3)

                ECON 216                              Principles of Macroeconomics                                                                  (3)

                ECON 315                              Microeconomic Analysis                                                                           (3)

                ECON 316                              Macroeconomic Analysis                                                                          (3)

                ECON electives                    Select five ECON courses other than ECON 103                                  (15)

                PLSC 320, PLSC 321, PLSC 323 or GEOG 302                                                                                          (3)

 

Minor                                                                                                                       (12-24)

 

Electives                                                                                                                  (17-36)

 

Total                                                                                                                              124