Business Economics Curriculum
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The Business Economics Major
The courses in the business economics major serve two purposes:
- they give students a broad background in the major functional areas of business administration; and
- they allow students to focus on the field of economics.
Preparation for the Major
Lower-division requirements for the major are the completion of the following courses with a grade point average of 2.0 or better with no grade below C-. Transfer courses must be C or better.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3-4 |
| ECON 102 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 216 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 1-4 |
| or ECON 217 | Applied Regression Analysis | |
ECON 217 is restricted to incoming transfer students and must receive pre-approval | ||
| ITMG 100 | Information Systems | 3 |
| MATH 130 | Survey of Calculus | 3 |
| or MATH 150 | Calculus I | |
| Total Units | 19-23 | |
Students majoring in business economics must satisfy the USD core curriculum requirements as set forth in this catalog, lower-division requirements for the major, the Professional Development Passport Program and all of the following major requirements:
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Business Core | ||
| DSCI 300 | Prescriptive Business Analytics | 3 |
| ETLW 302 | Business and Society | 3 |
| or PHIL 332 | Business Ethics | |
| ETLW 311 | Business Law I | 3 |
| FINA 300 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 300 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MKTG 300 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 |
| or MKTG 303 | Fundamentals of Marketing Abroad | |
| Business Core Total Units | 18 | |
| Required Courses | ||
| ECON 201 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 370 | Applied Econometrics | 3 |
| ECON 473 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| ECON 490 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| Required Courses Total Units | 15 | |
| Elective courses | ||
| Any pre-approved ECON upper-division electives | 6 | |
| Total Units | 39 | |
The business economics major requires a minimum of 24 upper-division units in the major be completed at USD, of which 12 units must be in economics.
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