Progress Toward Degree (Policy 91)
In order to remain in the Economics Major, students must meet the following requirements:
- Upon having attempted 72 semester hours (including transfer, advanced placement, advanced standing, credit by examination, course withdrawal), students must have completed
- ECON 2005 Principles of Economics (Micro) with a C- or better
- ECON 2006 Principles of Economics (Macro) with a C- or better
- ECON 3104 Microeconomic Theory with a C- or better
- Upon having attempted 96 semester hours, students must have an In-Major grade point average of 2.0 or above and must have completed the above courses plus:
- ECON 3204 Macroeconomic Theory with a C- or better
- STAT 3005 Statistical Methods with a C- or better
- Students may not repeat any ECON course more than once, including late course withdrawals.
- Students must register for at least three 3 credit ECON course during each academic year unless they have completed all ECON courses required for graduation.
- Students may not repeat more than 3 ECON courses in the major.
A student who does not make satisfactory progress toward degree will be required to change their major out of Economics.
Graduation Requirements
Overall and In-Major GPA
Students must have a 2.0 overall GPA and 2.0 in-major GPA to graduate. Only ECON courses count toward the in-major GPA.
Free Electives
A free elective is any course a student takes toward the completion of the required minimum of 120 credit hours that does not complete a degree requirement.Students will complete a minimum number of free elective credit hours between 22-24 credit hours.
Total Hours Required
A minimum of 120 semester hours are required for graduation.
Acceptable Substitutions
- STAT 3604 Statistics for Social Science , STAT 3615 Biological Statistics, STAT 4706 Probability and Statistics for Engineers, BIT 2406 Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling with at least a C substitute for STAT 3005 Statistical Methods
- MATH 1225 Calculus of a Single Variable with AP or TR credit satisfies the minimum grade of C- or better for MATH 1225 Calculus of a Single Variable and will be substituted.
- MATH 1226 Calculus of a Single Variable with AP or TR credit satisfies the minimum grade of C- or better for MATH 1226 Calculus of a Single Variable and will be substituted.
- MATH 1025 Elementary Calculus with AP credit or a grade of B- or better can be substituted for MATH 1225 Calculus of a Single Variable.
- MATH 1026 Elementary Calculus with AP credit or a grade of B- or better can be substituted for MATH 1226 Calculus of a Single Variable.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students who did not successfully complete at least two years of a single foreign, classical, or sign language during high school must successfully complete six semester hours of a single foreign, classical, or sign language at the college level. Courses taken to meet this requirement do not count toward the hours required for graduation. Please consult the Undergraduate Catalog for details.
