Economics - Business Economics Option

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN ECONOMICS - BUSINESS ECONOMICS OPTION:

General Education - Credits: 39

See General Education Requirements .

Major Requirements:

Common SOBA Requirements:

ACC 225 - Intro to Financial Accounting Credits: 4
ACC 226 - Intro to Managerial Accounting Credits: 4
BA 253 - Business Statistics Credits: 4
BA 260 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
ECON 262 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 272 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
BA 301 - Managmnt & Organizatnl Behavor Credits: 4
MK 350 - Marketing Credits: 4
BA 353 - Operations Management Credits: 4
BA 380 - Financial Management Credits: 4
BA 496 - Senior Sem in Strategic Mngmt Credits: 4

Subtotal Common SOBA Requirements - Credits: 41

Quantitative Reasoning Requirement:

Complete one of the following:

BA 485 - Investments & Portfolio Mgmnt Credits: 4
CSIS 350 - Database Management Systems Credits: 4
ECON 361 - Managerial Economics Credits: 4
MATH 210 - Survey of Calculus Credits: 4
MATH 221 - Calculus I Credits: 4
MK 376 - Managing Customer Value Credits: 3
MK 486 - Marketing Research Credits: 4

Subtotal Quantitative Reasoning Requirement - Credits: 3-4

Auxiliary Requirement (outside SOBA):

CSIS 322 - Management Information Systems Credits: 4

Subtotal Auxiliary Requirements - Credits: 4

Other Departmental Requirements:

ECON 356 - Microeconomic Theory Credits: 4
ECON 364 - Macroeconomic Theory Credits: 4

Plus twelve hours from the following courses:

ECON 307 - Evolution of Economic Thought Credits: 4
ECON 335 - Environment/Resource Economics Credits: 4
ECON 340 - Economics of Crime Credits: 4
ECON 361 - Managerial Economics Credits: 4
ECON 369 - Public Sector Economics Credits: 4
ECON 371 - International Economics Credits: 4
ECON 378 - Topics in Economics Credits: 4
ECON 382 - Money/Financial Institutions Credits: 4
ECON 499 - Independent Study Credits: 1 to 6
(1 to 2 credits needed for this program)

Subtotal Other Departmental Requirements - Credits: 20¹

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 67-69

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

¹The 20 credits used to satisfy the Business Economics option may not be used to satisfy any other major, minor, or option within SOBA, except that a course used to satisfy the Business Economics option may be used to also satisfy the 300- or 400-level Economics requirements in the Business Administration major.

Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements. If any of the upper division economics courses required for the major have been completed elsewhere and transferred into Fort Lewis College at less than four credit hours, the student must take additional upper division economics credits to meet the minimum of 20 credit hours of upper division courses needed for a major in Economics - Business Economics option.

Economics - Business Economics Option Suggested Course Sequence¹


Freshman Fall Semester		Freshman Winter Semester³
COMP 125 or COMP 150 GEN ED (SC1) GEN ED (HI)² GEN ED (AH)	3-4 4 3-4 3-4	COMP 126 or COMP 150 GEN ED (SC2) GEN ED (AH) MATH 110 ES 100 /PE	3-4 3-4 3-4 4 1
Total Credits	13-16	Total Credits	14-17

Sophomore Fall Semester		Sophomore Winter Semester
COMP 252 ACC 225 ECON 262 (SS1) BA 253	3 4 3 4	ACC 226 ECON 272 (SS1) BA 260 Free Elective Free Elective	4 3 3 3 3
Total Credits	14	Total Credits	16

Junior Fall Semester		Junior Winter Semester
BA 301 MK 350 BA 380 CSIS 322	4 4 4 4	BA 353 Major Elective Major Elective Major ElectiveCSIS 322	4 4 4 4
Total Credits	16	Total Credits	16

Senior Fall Semester		Senior Winter Semester
Free Elective EGC SOBA QR requirement Major Elective	4 3-4 4 4	BA 496 Major Elective EGC Free Elective	4 4 3-4 4
Total Credits	13-15	Total Credits	15-16

¹ In order to graduate in four years, the recommended number of credits per semester is 15 credits (8 semesters X 15 credits = 120 credits for graduation).

² There is a specific group of lower level Gen. Ed. Courses. The group contains AH, HI, and SS courses. Students must complete a total of 15 credits in that group with at least 1 course from HI, 2 courses from AH, and 1 from SS (both Econ 262 and 272 will satisfy this SS requirement).