University of Portland Bulletin 2012-2013

Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics

Degree Requirements

The economics major trains students to have strong technical skills and be well-versed in policy analysis and implementation. Throughout the curriculum, we discuss managing and allocating scarce natural, human, and financial resources, environmental policies and sustainable economic growth. 

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Degree Requirements

Common Business Requirements — 55 hours

In conjunction with the general education requirements, all business students regardless of major take the common business requirements.

Non-Business Courses

CST 107Effective Public Speaking

3

ENG 107College Writing

3

MTH 121Calculus for Business and Social Science

3

MTH 161Elementary Statistics

3

P4 Professional Development Requirements

BUS 101Software Applications Workshop

1

BUS 202Professional Development

1

BUS 302Professional Development Internship

1

BUS 402Professional Development Workshop

1

Business Foundation Lower Division

BUS 100Introduction to Leadership

3

ECN 120Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECN 121Principles of Microeconomics

3

BUS 200Principles of Marketing

3

BUS 209Financial Accounting

3

BUS 210Managerial Accounting

3

BUS 250Legal and Social Responsibility in Business

3

BUS 255Management Information Systems

3

Business Foundation Upper Division

BUS 305Business Finance

3

BUS 355Decision Modeling

3

BUS 360Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior

3

BUS 361Technology and Operations Management

3

BUS 400Management Decisions and Policy

3

Major Requirements — 24 hours

ECN 310Econometrics

3

ECN 319Intermediate Microeconomics

3

ECN 320Intermediate Macroeconomics

3

Five of the following electives:

ECN 322Environmental Economics

3

ECN 325/ENV 325Economics and Metrics for Sustainability

3

ECN 424/SJP 424Income Inequality

3

ECN 426/PCS 426Comparative Economics

3

ECN 427Sports Economics

3

ECN 428Public Finance

3

ECN 429Development Economics

3

BUS 431Financial Markets and Institutions

3

ECN 440International Economics

3

Additional Electives — 3-6 hours (depending upon whether ECN 120 is used to fulfill one social science requirement)

Total Credit Hours: 120