The Department of Economics offers a 5-year combined degree program that provides the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science 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 |
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| 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 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
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| ECON 203 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| 3 |
| Business Calculus | |
| Calculus I for Biological Sciences | |
| Engineering Mathematics I | |
| Calculus I | |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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| ACCT 209 | Survey of Accounting Principles | 3 |
| ECON 323 | Microeconomic Theory 1 | 3 |
| ECMT 461 | Economic Data Analysis | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 18 |
| Spring |
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| ACCT 210 | Survey of Managerial and Cost Accounting Principles | 3 |
| ECMT 463 | Introduction to Econometrics 2 | 3 |
| ECON 410 | Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 18 |
| Spring |
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| ISTM 209 | Business Information Systems Concepts | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fourth Year |
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| Fall |
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| ECON 607 | Foundations of Microeconomic Theory | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
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| ECMT 674 | Economic Forecasting | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 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 |
Graduation requirements include 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. A course satisfying a Core category, a college/department requirement, or a free elective can be used to satisfy this requirement. The required 6 hours may be met by courses satisfying other areas of a degree program. See your academic advisor for further information.
The program includes a total of 156 hours which up to 6 hours may be applied toward both the Bachelor of Science in Economics and the Master of Science in Economics (Non-Thesis Option).
Students enrolled in the BS-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.
