Within the curriculum of this program, a student will receive rigorous training in economics, econometrics, analytical and quantitative skills in order to prepare them for immediate careers in business or government, or further study in top economics and finance PhD programs.
The Department of Economics offers a 5-year combined degree program that provides the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Science in Economics with a concentration in either Financial Economics or Financial Econometrics. This Master’s degree program was created in response to the increasingly high demand from students seeking a professional master’s degree in economics and employers looking for candidates with advanced training.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
ENGL 104
| Composition and Rhetoric
or Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition | 3 |
| MATH 140 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 1,2 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 4 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ECON 203 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| MATH 142 | Business Calculus 2,4 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ACCT 209 | Survey of Accounting Principles | 3 |
| ECMT 461 | Economic Data Analysis 6 | 3 |
| ECON 323 | Microeconomic Theory 7 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ACCT 210 | Survey of Managerial and Cost Accounting Principles | 3 |
| ECMT 463 | Introduction to Econometrics 6 | 3 |
| ECON 410 | Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 13 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9,10 | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9,10 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Summer |
|---|
| ECON 684 | Professional Internship | 6 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 6 |
| Fifth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ECON 675 | Capstone for Financial Economics/Financial Econometrics | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 9 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 150 |
The program includes a total of 156 hours which up to 6 hours may be applied toward both the Bachelor of Arts in Economics and the Master of Science in Economics (Non-Thesis Option).
No more than 39 credits in undergraduate Economics and Econometrics can be applied to this degree. A grade of C or higher is required for all undergraduate Economics and Econometrics courses.
