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:

MATH 1630 (Quant Lit)
ECON 2410 (HSSR and business core course)
ECON 2420 (HSSR and business 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.

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 electives 6 credit hours
ECON upper-division electives 9 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (6 hours)

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (may be counted in True Blue Core)
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours

Business Electives (6 hours)

Electives (1-10 hours)

Curriculum: Economics

Freshman

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Quant Lit)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (HSSR) *
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours (HSSR)*
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 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

ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
Electives 6 credit hours
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours *
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
BUS 3000 - The Dale Carnegie Course 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
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours
ECON elective 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

Elective 3 credit hours
Business electives 6 credit hours
ECON elective 3 credit hours
ECON upper-division electives 9 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