The Department of Economics offers three minors:
1) Minor in Economics for Business Majors
2) Minor in Economics for Non-Business Majors
3) Minor in Big Data for Economics for Everyone

 

Minor in Economics for Business Majors

Economics Minor

ECON 101 – Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102 – Principles of Microeconomics Economics
ECON 241* – Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 242* – Intermediate Microeconomics Theory
ECON 363 – Econometrics I
One approved ECON Elective (e.g., ECON 243/244)

Minor for Non-Business Majors

Economics Minor

ECON 101 – Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102 – Principles of Microeconomics Economics
ECON 223 - Statistics
ECON 241* – Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 242* – Intermediate Microeconomics Theory
One approved ECON Elective (e.g., ECON 243/244)

Minor in Big Data For Economics for Everyone (Business majors see below)

Economics Minor in Big Data

ECON 101 – Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102 – Principles of Microeconomics Economics
ECON 223 - Statistics for Business and Economics*
ECON 363 – Principles of Econometrics
ECON 370 – Big Data for Economics
One approved CSC (Computer Science) Elective:

CSC Elective Options:
 
1. CSC 106: Introduction to Computer Programming for Non-Engineers
2. CSC 223: Object-Oriented Programming with Java
3. CSC 430: Introduction to Data Analysis
4. CSC 484: Introduction to Machine Learning (requires CSC 430)

Economics Minor in Big Data for Business Majors

ECON 101 – Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102 – Principles of Microeconomics Economics
ECON 363 – Principles of Econometrics
ECON 370 – Big Data for Economics
TWO approved CSC (Computer Science) Elective (from list above)

Notes

Students minoring in the Department of Economics are required to receive a C- or better in all minor required courses.

Please make sure to check the listed courses for pre-requisites when planning your schedule.

>If a student pursuing a minor in any business program and who has already taken ECON 100, decides to pursue the full major program, that student must take ECON 101 and ECON 102 as required by the major.

>ECON 100 does not count for an Economics minor.

* Statistics courses taken in the University Honors Program or in other departments will be accepted in lieu of this class


** ECON 241 and 242 require MATH 111/121 (Calculus I) and MATH 112/122 (Calculus II).