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Economics
The University of Mississippi offers two economics majors -- one in the School of Business Administration and one in the College of Liberal Arts. Both make use of the same courses in Economics. Students who are more interested in moving directly from undergraduate studies to the world of business should select the business degree program (BBA), which is described here.
Typical Program of Study
Students typically complete the following courses in their first two years of study:
Credit Hours
Freshman Year Courses
Fall
Spring
3
3
Humanities: History, Philosophy, or
Modern Foreign Language3
3
Math 267, 268 (Calculus for Business, Economics, and Accountancy I and II) or Math 261, 262 (Calculus I and II) or Math 271, 272 (Calculus of Decision Making I and II)
3
3
Laboratory Science: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, or Physics
3-4
3-4
Behavioral or Social Science: Psychology,
Sociology, Anthropology, or Political Science3
Fine Arts: Art, Art History, Dance, Music or Theater
3
Sophomore Year Courses
Fall
Spring
Accounting 201, 202 (Introduction to Accounting Principles I and II)
3
3
Economics 202, 203 (Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics)
3
3
Literature
3
Non-Business Electives
3
3
BUS 250 (Legal Environment of Business)
3
BUS 271 (Business Communication)
3
BUS/ECON 230 (Economic Statistics I)
3
In addition to the courses listed above, all Business majors must successfully complete the following core business courses:
MKTG 351 - Marketing Principles
BUS/ECON 302 - Economic Statistics II
FIN 331 - Business Finance I
MIS 309 - Information Technology
MGMT 371 - Principles of Management
MGMT 372 - Production and Delivery
MGMT 493 - Management of Strategic PlanningEconomics majors must also complete the following required major courses:
ECON 398 - Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 399 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
Plus an additional six courses from the following list:
ECON 303 - Money and Banking
ECON 305 - Current Economic Topics
ECON 401 - Government and Business
ECON 417 - Labor Economics
ECON 510 - International Trade/Commercial Policy
ECON 540 - Seminar in Economics
ECON 583 - Labor Relations
All students must complete a total of 7 elective courses. Four of these courses (12 credit hours) must be in non-business subjects, two (6 credit hours) must be in 300 level or above business, management, marketing, finance, MIS, or accountancy subjects that are not required for this major, and one course (3 credit hours) must be either a 300 level or above business, management, marketing, finance, MIS, or accountancy course or a 300 level or above non-business elective.
Note on Prerequisites
Many courses have prerequisites for other courses that must be successfully completed prior to enrolling in a particular course. Some of those prerequisites may require a "C" minimum grade in a course to satisfy the prerequisite. Click on the link below for a comprehensive list of all current business course prerequisites.
Current List of All Business Course Prerequisites
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