New Mexico State University

2003-2004 Undergraduate Catalog

College of Arts and Sciences - Economics and International Business

The Department of Economics in the College of Business Administration and Economics offers an economics major to Bachelor of Arts candidates in the College of Arts and Sciences. (Additional information may be found under the Economics and International Business section in the College of Business Administration and Economics chapter later in this catalog).

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DEGREE: Bachelor of Arts
MAJOR: Economics

The study of economics can lead to career positions in economics and related managerial and technical specialties in businesses, financial institutions, government, and education. Qualified students are also prepared for graduate study in economics, business administration including management, and law. Students who plan to pursue graduate work in economics or to become professional economic analysts should consider taking supplementary courses in accounting, computer science, mathematics, quantitative economics and/or statistics, in addition to those listed below as required.

A student must earn a grade of C or better in both the departmental and nondepartmental requirements.

Nondepartmental Requirements

ACCT 251, Management Accounting 3

MATH 115, Intermediate Algebra 3

MATH 142G, Applied Mathematics for the Biological and Social Sciences I 3

MATH 185, College Algebra, or MATH 230, Matrices and Linear Programming 3

STAT 251, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, or E ST 311G, Statistical Applications 3

Departmental Requirements

ECON 251G, 252G, Principles of Macroeconomics, Microeconomics 6

ECON 304, Money and Banking 3

ECON 371, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3

ECON 372, Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3

ECON 405, Economic Statistics 3

ECON 489, Senior Seminar in Economics 3

Nine additional credits numbered 300 or above to bring total upper-division in major to 24.

Electives: Sufficient to bring total credits to 128, including 55 upper-division


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