Business Administration, Business Economics Major, B.S.

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Requirements for the major in business economics

Major adviser: Anandi P. Sahu

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in business economics combines studies of the basic functional areas of business with the analytical and quantitative methods of economics and therefore provides students with the ability to apply general concepts of economics to help solve managerial problems. This major prepares students for careers in business management or public administration, or for graduate study in business, economics or law.

To fulfill the requirements for the business economics major, students must be admitted to major standing in business economics, complete the core program and complete a minimum of 30 credits, as specified below, with a grade of 2.0 or better in each major course. A grade of 2.0 or better must be achieved in each prerequisite for an economics course before a business economics major, or any Oakland University student, may begin work in that economics course.

Requirements for major standing

Admission to major standing in economics requires:

Completion of the writing requirement.
Completion of the following courses, or their equivalents, with a grade of 2.0 or better in each course: MTH 121 -MTH 122 , ECN 210 (or ECN 200 and ECN 201 ), MIS 100 and QMM 250 (or QMM 240 and QMM 241 ).
Completion of 56 credits or more with a cumulative overall grade point average of 2.00 or better.
Approval of an ”Application for Major Standing in Economics.”

Admission to major standing in economics is required before a student may graduate with a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree with a major in economics. Although ECN 302 , ECN 303 and ECN 304 are not required for admission to major standing in economics, students must earn a grade of 2.0 or better in ECN 302 , ECN 303 and ECN 304 in order to graduate.

Required in the pre-core and core – 9-11 credits

ECN 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (4)
and
ECN 202 - Principles of Global Macroeconomics (4) or ECN 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics (4)
or
ECN 210 - Principles of Economics (6) (combines ECN 201 and ECN 202 )
ECN 303 - Managerial Economics (3)

Required major courses – 9 credits

ECN 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
ECN 304 - Consumer and Welfare Economics (3)
ECN 405 - Econometrics (3)
ECN 399 - Achieve III - Business Economics (0)

Electives – choose four courses, at least one of which is a 400-level course – 12 credits

ECN 309 - State and Local Public Finance (3)
ECN 310 - Economics of the Environment (3)
ECN 315 - Economics of Gender and Ethnicity (3)
ECN 321 - Financial Markets and the Economy (3)
ECN 326 - International Economic Development (3)
ECN 333 - History of Economic Thought (3)
ECN 338 - Economics of Human Resources (3)
ECN 367 - Economics of Health Care (3)
ECN 373 - International Trade (3)
ECN 374 - International Finance (3)
ECN 378 - Economic Analysis Of Law (3)
ECN 380 - Topics in Economics (3)
ECN 385 - Economics of Industries (3)
ECN 406 - Time Series Econometrics (3)
ECN 409 - Urban and Regional Economics (3)
ECN 418 - Seminar in Economic Policy (3)
ECN 421 - Monetary Economics (3)
ECN 456 - Public Finance (3)
ECN 480 - Special Topics in Economics (3)