Minor in Economics

The general relevance of economics to both a student's professional development and to enhancing understanding of current world developments has prompted the Economics program to offer a minor in Economics. Many students intent on pursuing their principal interest in another area may welcome the opportunity to pursue a less rigorous option in Economics. In an attempt to contribute towards meeting that need, the Whittemore School faculty has developed a number of courses for non-majors which, combined with certain other courses, can constitute a minor in Economics.

The five specific courses making up the minor are:

  • ECON 401: Principles of Macroeconomics (required)
  • ECON 402: Principles of Microeconomics (required)

At least one course from the following three:

  • ECON 605: Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
  • ECON 611: Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
  • ECON 635: Money and Banking

Remaining electives from among:

  • ECON 515: Economic History of the United States
  • ECON 518: European Economic History
  • ECON 602: Introduction to Political Economy
  • ECON 605: Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
  • ECON 607: Ecological Economics
  • ECON 611: Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
  • ECON 615: History of Economic Thought
  • ECON 630: Comparative Study of Economic Systems
  • ECON 635: Money and Banking
  • ECON 641: Public Economics
  • ECON 642: Health Economics
  • ECON 645: International Economics
  • ECON 651: Government Regulation of Business
  • ECON 656: Labor Economics
  • ECON 668: Economic Development
  • ECON 669: Women and Economic Development
  • ECON 670: Economics of Energy
  • ECON 680: Economics of Electronic Commerce
  • ECON 692: International Economic Integration
  • ECON 698: Organizational Economics
  • ECON 698: Law and Economics

Note that some of the elective courses have the two Economic Principles courses as prerequisites. Following University policy, a student must complete 20 semester hours with a grade of C- or better and a 2.0 grade point average. Courses taken on a pass/fail basis may not be used for a minor. No more than 8 credits used to satisfy major requirements may be used for the minor.