Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Economics, B.B.A.


Economics and Finance   
615-898-2383
Stuart J. Fowler, program coordinator
Stuart.Fowler@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 required 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.

Academic Map


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

Economics, B.B.A., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
College of Business Core 42 hours*
Major Requirements 27 hours**
Auxiliary Courses 6 hours*
Business Electives 6 hours
Electives 1-10 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

**Includes ECON 4620 which is also a core course.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

College of Business Core (42 hours)


All students must complete the College of Business Core  which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA.

Major Requirements (27 hours)


Auxiliary Courses (6 hours)


Business Electives (6 hours)


Electives (1-10 hours)


Curriculum: Economics


Freshman


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 30 Hours


NOTE:


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

§Admission required