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Requirements for the B. A. degree with a Major in Economics

(Students who declared a major in economics between Fall 2007 and Summer 2010, please click here (link to the file BAecon2)

The BA with a major in economics requires 30 semester hours in economics, 24 of which must be at the 30000 level or above, plus a minimum of six semester hours in associated requirements. A grade of "C" or better must be attained in any course that is to count as one of the 30 hours in economics or as one of the associated requirements. Specific requirements are as follows:

Foundations (12 hours)
Any 10000-level economics course
ECON 30223 Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 30233 Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 30243 Contending Perspectives in Economics

Breadth Requirements (9 hours, 3 from each subsection)
A. Historical Context (3 hours)
ECON 30253 History of Economic Thought
ECON 30423 European Economic History
ECON 30483 Financial History
ECON 40413 U.S. Economic History I
ECON 40423 U.S. Economic History II
ECON 50463 Perspectives in Macroeconomics

B. International Economics (3 hours)
ECON 30213 Development Theory
ECON 30433 Development Studies
ECON 30443 Asian Economics
ECON 30453 Economics of the European Union
ECON 30463 Latin American Economics
ECON 30493 International Economic Studies
ECON 40213 International Trade and Payments
ECON 40223 International Monetary Economics

C. Public Economics (3 hours)
ECON 30473 Regional and Urban Economics
ECON 40113 Industrial Organization
ECON 40133 Labor Economics
ECON 40143 Public Finance
ECON 40153 Economics of Financial Markets
ECON 40433 Law and Economics
ECON 50453 Macroeconomic Studies

Additional Electives in Economics (9 hours)

Associated Requirements (6-7 hours)
MATH 10283 or 10524 (Note that the former will not serve as the prerequisite for any upper-level math courses) and INSC 20153 or MATH 10043.
A minor is required. Any minor approved by AddRan College is acceptable. A minor in mathematics is recommended for those planning to enter graduate school in economics. With the approval of the chair of the Department of Economics and the associate dean of undergraduate studies of the M. J. Neeley School of Business, economics majors may minor in finance or accounting. For the finance minor, ECON 40153 may substitute for FINA 30203, but cannot be used to satisfy both the major and minor requirements.

Foreign Language Requirement
All students pursuing the BA degree in AddRan College must demonstrate competency in a foreign language equivalent to the completion of one of the following:

CHIN 20063 Intermediate Chinese II
FREN 20063 Fourth Semester College French
GRMN 20063 Intermediate German
GREE 20063 Fourth Semester College Greek (Hellenistic)
ITAL 20063 Fourth Semester College Italian
JAPN 20063 Fourth Semester College Japanese
SPAN 20203 Intermediate Spanish

This requirement may be satisfied by either satisfactory completion of coursework taken at or transferred to TCU or by presenting satisfactory scores on recognized standardized tests (i.e., AP, CLEP or SAT II). Required scores on standardized tests may be found in the Credit by Exam booklet available from the Office of Admission. For languages not currently taught at TCU, six semester hours at the sophomore-level, transferred to TCU from another accredited institution, may be used to satisfy this requirement. Students may also provide evidence of competency in the non-English language by successfully completing one academic year in a secondary or post-secondary institution in which the language of instruction is other than English, for which the student will receive 12 hours of credit.