The Bachelor of Arts is, in nature and purpose, a liberal arts program. It requires completion of the College’s language requirement but not the business core. Due to the relatively small number of fixed requirements, it provides students ample opportunities to pursue either a second major or a minor field outside of the business school (e.g., history, political science) and is especially recommended for graduate study in economics, law, and public administration. Because quantitative skills are crucial at the graduate level, the sequence for students planning graduate studies in economics should include additional courses in mathematics and statistics (e.g., Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra) with computer applications.
Tracks
Economics, BA
BA Economics degree requires one of two components:
- ECO 101, ECO 102
- ECO 210
- MAT 125 or MAT 127, ECO 105, and ECO 231
- ECO 301, ECO 302, ECO 420, ECO 494, and ECO 495
- Three additional course units in economics
- One international course: ECO 340 or INB 330
- One sophomore/junior level writing course: BUS 200, ECO 380, or any course from the College Core website
Economics, BA – Analytics Track
The BA track is a path for Economics students faced with a rapidly changing work environment. The exponential growth of transformational technologies is creating employment opportunities requiring greater fluency in existing analytics and the skills to learn and develop new ones. The Analytical BA track facilitates this skills development and prepares students for jobs where these skills and approaches are required.
The BA Economics, Analytics Track degree requires one of two components:
1.Completion of three foreign language courses (or language proficiency equivalent) or
2.Completion of three courses in a selected area: Math/Stat/IST. This BA track
facilitates development of analytical skills and requires students to take three analytical
skills courses (instead of the current three-course language requirement). These three
analytical courses should be selected from the track menu bellow and can, but are not
required to, be a sequence of courses with a particular focus (E.g., MATH or CSC).
The list of courses includes:
- STAT 303 prereq STA 215 or STA 216
- STAT 304 prereq STA 215 or STA 216
- STAT 306 prereq STA 215 or STA 216
- STAT 307 (or ISTG 610 – not both) prereq STA 215 or STA 216 and CSC 220; or IST350
- STAT 308/ISTG 630 prereq STA215
- STAT 309/ISTG640 prereq STA215
- MATH 200 prereq MATH 127
- Math 205 prereq MATH 128 or MAT 200 or CSC 270
- MATH 265 prereq MATH 128
- MATH 316 prereq MATH 200
- MATH 331 prereq MAT 128 and MAT 205
- CSC 102
- CSC 120
- CSC 220
- CSC230 prereq CSC 220 with a grade of C or higher
- ISTG 605
- ISTG 620
- ISTG 650
- ECO 375 prereq ECO 105/STA 115/STA 215 & (MAT 125/127)