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. Within the curriculum of the graduate program, a student will receive rigorous training in economics, econometrics, analytical and quantitative skills for students in order to prepare them for immediate careers in business or government, or further study in top economics and finance PhD programs.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| ENGL 104 | Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| 3 |
| Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences | |
| Calculus II for Biological Sciences | |
| Engineering Mathematics II | |
| Calculus II | |
| 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ECON 203 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| 3 |
| Business Calculus | |
| Calculus I for Biological Sciences | |
| Engineering Mathematics I | |
| Calculus I | |
| 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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| ACCT 209 | Survey of Accounting Principles | 3 |
| ECON 323 | Microeconomic Theory 2 | 3 |
| ECMT 461 | Economic Data Analysis | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ACCT 210 | Survey of Managerial and Cost Accounting Principles | 3 |
| ECON 410 | Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| ECMT 463 | Introduction to Econometrics | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 18 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Fourth Year |
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| Fall |
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| ECON 607 | Foundations of Microeconomic Theory | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
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| ECMT 674 | Economic Forecasting | 3 |
| ISTM 209 | Business Information Systems Concepts | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Summer |
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| ECON 684 | Professional Internship | 6 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 6 |
| Fifth Year |
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| Fall |
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| ECMT 673 | Economic Analytics | 3 |
| ECMT 675 | Econometrics I | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
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| ECON 611 | Foundations of Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 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).
Students enrolled in the BA-MS-ECON degree program may double count
ECON 607 or
ECMT 673 in the Fall semester and
ECMT 674 or
ECON 611 in the Spring semester toward the undergraduate major requirements.
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.
