Economics, B.B.A.

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 50 percent of the major hours to be completed in residence at MTSU. 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.

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

Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program

High achieving students majoring in Economics who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Economics may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program. The program allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in a compressed time frame. Participating undergraduate students may count up to 12 graduate credit hours toward both degrees and obtain a non-thesis master’s degree in the same field within 12 months of completing the bachelor’s degree or obtain a thesis-based master’s degree in the same field within 18 months of completing the bachelor’s degree. For more information about the ABM program, see the Graduate Catalog.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Economics, B.B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following courses are required by the program and can satisfy the respective General Education requirement:

MATH 1630 (Math)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci and core course)

College of Business Core (42 hours)

All students must complete the College of Business Core which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA. ECON 2410 is included in the core and will also satisfy 3 hours from the Social/Behavioral General Education requirement.

Major Requirements (27 hours)

ECON 3510 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3 credit hours
ECON 3520 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3 credit hours
ECON 4440 - International Economics 3 credit hours
ECON 4620 - Econometrics and Forecasting 3 credit hours (Core course)
ECON upper-division electives 15 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (12 hours)

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours
Business elective 6 credit hours

Electives

To make 120 hours

Total hours in program: 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)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Elective 1 credit hour
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
Elective 3 credit hours
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 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
BUS 3000 - Dale Carnegie Communications and Human Relations Seminar 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
ECON 3510 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3 credit hours §
ECON 3520 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3 credit hours §
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
ECON upper-division elective 3 credit hours §
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours AND
BIA 3621 - Introduction to Business Analytics Lab 0 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

Elective 3 credit hours
Business electives 6 credit hours
ECON upper-division electives 12 credit hours §
ECON 4440 - International Economics 3 credit hours §
ECON 4620 - Econometrics and Forecasting 3 credit hours §
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

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

§Admission required