Business Administration, Business Economics Major, B.S.

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Requirements for the major in Business Economics, B.S.

Major adviser: Anandi 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 C or better in each major course. A grade of C 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.

Note

Below are specific major requirements that must be completed in addition to the Requirements for Business Administration Majors (follow link to view additional requirements).

Required in the pre-core and core (11 credits)

ECN 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics (4)
ECN 2020 - Principles of Global Macroeconomics (4) or ECN 2000 - Principles of Macroeconomics (4)
ECN 3030 - Managerial Economics (3)

Required major courses (12 credits)

ECN 3020 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
ECN 3040 - Consumer and Welfare Economics (3)
ECN 3990 - ACHIEVE III - Business Economics (0)
ECN 4050 - Econometrics (3)
ECN 4180 - Seminar in Economic Policy (3)

Complete ACHIEVE courses (0 credits)

SBC 1990 - ACHIEVE I (0) (to be taken during the freshman year or first year as a business economics major)
SBC 2990 - ACHIEVE II (0) (to be taken during the fall semester of the sophomore year or the second semester as a business economics major)
ECN 3990 - ACHIEVE III - Business Economics (0) (to be taken during the second semester of the sophomore year or the third semester)

Electives - choose three courses (9 credits)

ECN 3060 - Applied Time Series Analysis in Business (3)
ECN 3070 - Using “BIG” Data for Economic Problems (3)
ECN 3090 - State and Local Public Finance (3)
ECN 3100 - Economics of the Environment (3)
ECN 3150 - Economics of Gender and Ethnicity (3)
ECN 3210 - Financial Markets and Economy (3)
ECN 3260 - International Economic Development (3)
ECN 3330 - History of Economic Thought (3)
ECN 3380 - Economics of Human Resources (3)
ECN 3500 - Insurance and Risk Management (3)
ECN 3670 - Economics of Health Care (3)
ECN 3730 - International Trade (3)
ECN 3740 - Economics of Intl Finance (3)
ECN 3780 - Economic Analysis of Law (3)
ECN 3800 - Topics in Economics (3)
ECN 3810 - Mathematical Analysis for Economists (3)
ECN 3850 - Economics of Industries (3)
ECN 4060 - Time Series Econometrics (3)
ECN 4090 - Urban and Regional Economics (3)
ECN 4210 - Monetary Economics (3)
ECN 4560 - Public Finance (3)
ECN 4900 - Special Topics in Economics (3)

32 credits total

Students who have taken STA 2220 or STA 2226 under a previous catalog may use these courses to satisfy the QMM 2400 requirement.

Although ECN 3020, ECN 3030 and ECN 3040 are not required for admission to major standing in economics, students must earn a grade of C or better in ECN 3020, ECN 3030 and ECN 3040 in order to graduate.

Students on a previous catalog may use ECN 3060, ECN 3070, ECN 3500, and ECN 3810 as an Economics elective.