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Nov 27, 2024
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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Economics Major (BA)
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Economics Major- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Please see the UNLV Lee Business School web page at www.business.unlv.edu for information about department programs, faculty and facilities.
Please see advising information at the UNLV Lee Business School Undergraduate Advising at www.business.unlv.edu/advising.
Accreditation
Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
Program - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business www.aacsb.edu/
Learning Outcomes
- Use supply and demand analysis;
- Apply the concept of opportunity cost;
- Use marginal analysis;
- Use the appropriate models to explain the behavior of economic agents in different market structures;
- Explain the causes of short-run fluctuations in macroeconomic variables;
- Explain the determinants of long run economic growth;
- Predict the effects of various micro- and macroeconomic policies using the appropriate models;
- Gather, analyze, and interpret economic data;
- Describe the role and function of financial markets, institutions, and policies;
- Analyze global economic issues.
University Graduation Requirements
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Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits
General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 35-49 Credits
If students’ ACT or SAT test scores place them directly into ENG 102, then the number of general education credits will be reduced by 3.
Where specific courses are not identified, please see the related section of the Undergraduate Catalog for information about which courses may satisfy university core requirements. First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3
English Composition - Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
Constitutions - Credits: 3-6
Distribution Requirements - Credits: 18-19
Please see Distribution Requirements for more information.
- Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 credits
- Humanities, 6 credits required from two different areas.
- Fine Arts, 3 credits required
- Social Science
- Automatically satisfied by economics requirements
- Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 9-10 credits
- Life and Physical Sciences - 6-7 credits
- One science course with a lab
- One non-lab science course
- Analytical Thinking - 3 credits
Multicultural and International Requirement
Multicultural, one three-credit course required
International, one three-credit course required
These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/students Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Credits: 6
Two courses in the same foreign language at the university level or the equivalent or two courses (at least six credits) in a foreign culture. Students should consult with an academic advisor regarding acceptable foreign culture courses. Pre-major and Major Requirements - BA in Economics - Subtotal: 33 Credits
Nine of the 33 required economics major credits must be 400-level ECON courses. General Electives - Credits: 38-52
The number of general electives necessary for each student varies based on how many credits a student uses to satisfy the requirements identified above. The minimum credits required to earn a degree from Lee Business School is 120. Advanced Track
Accomplished UNLV undergraduates must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for the Advanced Program Track:
Minimum of 3.0 GPA
Completion of the following courses with a minimum of 3.5 GPA and no grade lower than B: ECON 262 or ECON 441 ; ECON 302 ; ECON 303 and MATH 181
Department chair or graduate coordinator’s recommendation
Submission of two letters of recommendation, a completed Enrollment Request form to the Economics Department no less than two weeks before the beginning of the semester for which they would like to register for graduate courses.
Notes:
Students planning to pursue graduate studies in economics are encouraged to take Advanced Track.
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