Degree Requirements

In addition to the general education requirements, majors in Economics must complete a concentration of 36 semester hours in Economics, Accounting, and Business Administration including:

ACCT2310 Financial Accounting 3 s.h.
ACCT2320 Managerial Accounting 3 s.h.
ECON1300 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 s.h.
ECON1320 Principles of Microeconomics 3 s.h.
ECON3350 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3 s.h.
ECON3360 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3 s.h.
ECON4300 Research Seminar 3 s.h.
Upper Division Electives in Economics 12 s.h.
Upper Division Electives in Business Administration, Accounting, or Economics 3 s.h.

An Economics major must also complete:
BUAD1420 Math for Decision Making or MATH1510 Calculus I 3 s.h.
MATH1380 Introduction to Statistics 3 s.h.
and one of the following:
MATH1280 College Algebra 3 s.h.
MATH1330 Elementary Functions
MATH1350 Discrete Mathematics
MATH1510 Calculus I

1. FOR NON-ECONOMICS MAJORS WHO WANT A SECONDARY ECONOMICS ENDORSEMENT (5-12):
   Non-Economics majors desiring a secondary Economics endorsement (5-12) in Iowa must complete the Secondary Education Program (with SOSC3390 Methods of Teaching Social Studies as the appropriate methods course), a major in a secondary teaching field, and one of the following: (A.) 24 s.h. in Economics, (B.) 30 s.h. in the broad area of Social Sciences to include 15 s.h. in Economics.