Economics, B.B.A.

Department of Economics and Finance
615-898-2527
Charles Baum, program coordinator
Charles.Baum@mtsu.edu

A major in Economics leading to the B.B.A. degree requires that the student, at a minimum, complete

the business requirements (see Degree Requirements ) in the college;
ECON 3210 , ECON 3510 , ECON 3520 , and ECON 4440 ;
at least 15 additional upper-division hours in economics.

This program requires 50 percent of the major hours to be completed in residence at MTSU. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Economics majors are encouraged to enroll in Honors sections of 2410 and 2420.

The program below includes a Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Curriculum: Economics

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities, and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
Elective(s) 4 credit hours
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
QM 2610 - Statistical Methods I 3 credit hours *
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
ECON 3210 - The Financial System and the Economy 3 credit hours
ECON 3510 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3 credit hours §
ECON 3520 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3 credit hours §
BCEN 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
Elective/business elective 3 credit hours
ECON upper-division elective 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

QM 3620 - Statistical Methods II 3 credit hours OR
ECON 4620 - Econometrics and Forecasting 3 credit hours §
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
MGMT 3620 - Operations Management 3 credit hours
ECON 4440 - International Economics 3 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours
ECON upper-division electives 12 credit hours §
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Total hours in program: 120

NOTE:

*A 2.25 GPA in these courses is required for admission to the Jones College of Business.

§Admission required