Business Economics (B.S.Bus.)
This program is offered through the College of Business and Economics.
Students preparing for professional careers as economists in private business, government service, or careers where a broad knowledge of economics is useful should elect this curriculum.
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3), the college requirements, and:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College of Business & Economics Requirements | 54-57 | |
| Major Requirements | 24-60 | |
| Total Hours | 78-117 | |
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 351 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis | 3 |
| ECON 352 | Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis | 3 |
| ECON 453 | Econometrics | 3 |
| ECON 490 | Economic Theory and Policy | 3 |
| Options | ||
| Select one of the following options: | 12-48 | |
| Total Hours | 24-60 | |
A. General Option
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select 9 Upper-Division Credits in Economics | 9 | |
| Select one Upper-Division Elective | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree
B. Financial Economics Option
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| FIN 302 | Intermediate Financial Management | 3 |
| FIN 407 | Financial Institutions | 3 |
| ECON 343 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| Select at least one of the following: | 3 | |
| International Finance | ||
| Security Analysis | ||
| Portfolio Management | ||
| Derivatives and Risk Management | ||
| Select one Upper-Division Economics Elective | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree
C. PGA Golf Management Option
Required course work includes all Business Economics, the Business Economics General Option requirements and:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PGA 103 | Introduction to PGA Golf Management | 2 |
| PGA 150 | PGA Golf Management I | 3 |
| PGA 251 | PGA Golf Management II 1 | 3 |
| PGA 298 | Internship (Max 6 credits) | 4 |
| PGA 385 | PGA Golf Management III | 3 |
| PGA 398 | Internship (Max 6 credits) | 6 |
| PGA 105 | Introduction to PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 1) | 3 |
| PGA 205 | Intermediate PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 2) | 3 |
| PGA 305 | Advanced PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 3) | 3 |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Courses to total 129 credits for this degree
Students must have a 12.0 handicap or better to enter this program. International students can complete the degree requirements, but membership to the PGA of America requires US citizenship or Resident Alien status.
General Option
| Fall Term 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 190 | Integrated Business and Value Creation | 3 |
| COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| MATH 143 | College Algebra | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Term 1 | ||
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| STAT 251 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Elective Course | 2 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| BLAW 265 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| PHIL 208 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 354 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MKTG 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| ENGL 207 OR ENGL 208 OR ENGL 313 OR ENGL 317 OR PHIL 201 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 3 | ||
| ECON 351 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis | 3 |
| FIN 301 | Financial Resources Management | 3 |
| MHR 310 | Leading Organizations and People | 3 |
| MIS 350 | Managing Information | 3 |
| OM 370 | Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 3 | ||
| ECON 352 | Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| American Diversity Course | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 4 | ||
| ECON 453 | Econometrics | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| UPDV, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| International Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 4 | ||
| BUS 490 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| ECON 490 | Economic Theory and Policy | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 2 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Financial Economics Option
| Fall Term 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 190 | Integrated Business and Value Creation | 3 |
| COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| MATH 143 | College Algebra | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Term 1 | ||
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| STAT 251 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Elective Course | 1 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Fall Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BLAW 265 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| PHIL 208 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 354 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MKTG 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| ENGL 207 OR ENGL 208 OR ENGL 313 OR ENGL 317 OR PHIL 201 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 3 | ||
| FIN 301 | Financial Resources Management | 3 |
| MHR 310 | Leading Organizations and People | 3 |
| MIS 350 | Managing Information | 3 |
| OM 370 | Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| ECON 351 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 3 | ||
| ECON 352 | Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| American Diversity Course | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Term 4 | ||
| ECON 343 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| ECON 453 | Econometrics | 3 |
| FIN 302 | Intermediate Financial Management | 3 |
| International Course | 3 | |
| FIN 381 OR FIN 408 OR FIN 463 OR FIN 464 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 4 | ||
| BUS 490 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| ECON 490 | Economic Theory and Policy | 3 |
| FIN 407 | Financial Institutions | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
PGA Golf Management Option
| Fall Term 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 190 | Integrated Business and Value Creation | 3 |
| COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| MATH 143 | College Algebra | 3 |
| PGA 103 | Introduction to PGA Golf Management | 2 |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Spring Term 1 | ||
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| PGA 150 | PGA Golf Management I | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Summer Term 1 | ||
| PGA 298 | Internship | 2 |
| Hours | 2 | |
| Fall Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BLAW 265 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| PGA 251 | PGA Golf Management II | 3 |
| STAT 251 OR STAT 301 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 2 | ||
| ACCT 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 354 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MKTG 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| PGA 105 | Introduction to PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 1) | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Summer Term 2 | ||
| PGA 298 | Internship | 2 |
| Hours | 2 | |
| Fall Term 3 | ||
| ECON 351 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis | 3 |
| FIN 301 | Financial Resources Management | 3 |
| MHR 310 | Leading Organizations and People | 3 |
| MIS 350 | Managing Information | 3 |
| OM 370 | Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| PGA 205 | Intermediate PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 2) | 3 |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Spring Term 3 | ||
| ECON 352 | Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis | 3 |
| PGA 385 | PGA Golf Management III | 3 |
| American Diversity Course | 3 | |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Summer Term 3 | ||
| PGA 398 | Internship | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Fall Term 4 | ||
| ECON 453 | Econometrics | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| PGA 305 | Advanced PGA Teaching and Coaching (Level 3) | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| UPDV Elective, Major Elective Course | 2 | |
| ENGL 207 OR ENGL 208 OR ENGL 313 OR ENGL 317 OR PHIL 201 | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Spring Term 4 | ||
| BUS 490 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| ECON 490 | Economic Theory and Policy | 3 |
| PHIL 208 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| UPDV Economics, Major Elective Course | 3 | |
| International Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Summer Term 4 | ||
| PGA 398 | Internship | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 136 | |
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Financial Economics Option
- Economics students will predict the effects of various events on the economy, financial markets, individuals, or firms, through knowledge of macroeconomic concepts and models.
- Economics students will evaluate how firms and consumers interact in markets, in order to understand why economic decisions have certain outcomes.
- Economics students will conduct an empirical study about the relationships between various factors.
- Graduating Economics students will develop a thesis regarding an economics topic, critically evaluate the literature on that topic, and evaluate the topic through an empirical analysis.
- Economics students will evaluate the policy options available to governments with regards to economic and financial stabilization and how these policy choices impact organizations.
- Economics students in ECON 352 will predict what will happen to markets, firms, and consumers based on news events, through the analysis of microeconomic models.
PGA Golf Management Option
- 90% of graduating PGM students will know core golf business content in golf management as shown by passing the PGA graded level 3 Facility Management exam.
- 90% of graduating PGM students will apply knowledge of golf instructions as through PGA graded tests and work experience portfolios.
- 90% of PGM graduating students will demonstrate golf skills required for PGA membership.