Economics

School of Management
Department of Economics
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B.A., B.B.A. Degrees

Minimum Requirements for Degrees: 120 Credits

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Economics is the study of social activities concerned with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Nearly all social phenomena and problems have economic aspects, and therefore, knowledge of economic systems and their relations with each other is essential to an understanding of the complex world in which we live.

The department has three undergraduate instructional goals: to provide students with basic tools of analysis and the factual, statistical and descriptive materials they will need to perform their duties as citizens; to introduce economics majors to the various fields of economics to prepare them for positions in business and government and for graduate study; and to offer a course of study suitable for a minor in economics.

Admission Standards to UAF School of Management’s Upper-Division Courses

A student wishing to take upper-division courses in accounting, accounting information systems or business administration must first complete the following courses.

1. Complete at least 30-40 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.25 or higher.
2. Complete thefollowing courses with a grade of "C" or better:
   ACCT 261--Accounting Concepts and Uses I--3 credits
   ACCT 262--Accounting Concepts and Uses II--3 credits
   STAT 200X--Elementary Probability and Statistics--3 credits
   AIS 101--Effective Personal Computer Use--3 credits
   COMM 131X--Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Group Context (3)
        or COMM 141X Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Public Context (3)--3 credits
   ECON 200--Principles of Economics--4 credits
   ENGL 111X--Introduction to Academic Writing--3 credits
   ENGL 211X--Academic Writing about Literature (3)
        or ENGL 213X--Academic Writing about Social and Natural Sciences (3)--3 credits
   MATH 262X--Calculus for Business and Economics--4 credits
3. Complete atleast 9 credits that satisfy UAF’s Baccalaureate Core in Perspectives on the Human Condition and Natural Sciences.

Conditional Admission to Upper-division Courses

A student wishing to take upper-division courses in accounting, accounting information systems or business administration may do so for one semester only while completing lower level deficiencies, with approval of the director of undergraduate studies.

Major--B.A. Degree

1. Complete the general university requirements. (As part of the core curriculum requirements, complete: MATH 262X* or MATH 200X.*)
2. Complete the B.A. degree requirements. (As part of the B.A. degree requirements, complete: MATH 161X*, ECON 200* and 3 credits of a political science elective.)
3. Complete the following foundation requirements:*
   ACCT 261--Accounting Concepts and Uses I--3 credits
   ECON 227--Intermediate Statistics for Economics and Business--3 credits
   ECON 321--Intermediate Microeconomics--3 credits
   ECON 324--Intermediate Macroeconomics--3 credits
   ECON 463W--International Economics--3 credits
   STAT 200X--Elementary Probability and Statistics--3 credits
   Economics electives at the 300-level or above**--18 credits
4. Minimum credits required--120 credits

* Student must earn a C grade or better in each course.
** Up to 6 credits of the following courses may be included: BA 325, 343 and 360. At least 6 credits of electives must be courses designated writing intensive (W).

Major--B.B.A. Degree

1. Complete the general university requirements. (As part of the core curriculum requirements, complete: MATH 262X* and BA 323X.*)
2. Complete the B.B.A. degree requirements. (As part of the Common Body of Knowledge, complete AIS 310.)
3. Complete the following program (major) requirements:*
   ECON 321--Intermediate Microeconomics--3 credits
   ECON 324--Intermediate Macroeconomics**--3 credits
   ECON 350--Money and Banking II**--3 credits
   ECON 463W--International Economics--3 credits
   ECON 351--Public Finance (3)
        or ECON 451W--Public Expenditure Analysis (3)--3 credits
   ECON 409W--Industrial Organization (3)
        or ECON 420W--Labor Markets and Public Policy (3)--3 credits
   ECON 434W--Environmental Economics--3 credits
        or ECON 439W--Energy Economics (3)--3 credits
   BA 460O--International Business--3 credits
4. Complete a minor complex (optional) or free electives to meet minimum credits required.
5. Minimum credits required--120 credits

* Student must earn a C grade or better in each course.
** If not taken in the B.B.A. Common Body of Knowledge (CBK).
Note: At least 6 credits in the major must be courses designated writing intensive (W).

Minor

1. Complete the following:
   ECON 200--Principles of Economics--4 credits
   Approved economics courses at the 300-level or above--12 credits
2. Minimum credits required--16 credits