Economics (ECON) Major

Requirements for Economics Major

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Arts and Sciences

System General Education Requirements*: 31-32

• Goal #1 Written Communication:
  ENGL 101
   , and
  ENGL 201
    Credits: 6
• Goal #2 Oral Communication:
  SPCM 101*
    Credits: 3
• Goal #3 Social Sciences/Diversity  Credits: 6
• Goal #4 Arts and Humanities/Diversity  Credits: 6
• Goal #5 Mathematics:
  MATH 123
    Credits: 4-5
• Goal #6 Natural Sciences  Credits: 6

Institutional Graduation Requirements**: 5

• Goal #1 First Year Experience
    Credits: 2
• Goal #2 Cultural Awareness and Social and Environmental Responsibility
    Credits: 3

College of Arts and Sciences Requirements: 34

Bachelor of Arts 

• Modern Languages* (completion and competency in one language at the 202 level or a department-approved advanced upper division language course) Credits: 3-14

Bachelor of Science 

• Biological Sciences  Credits: 6
• Humanities  Credits: 2

See the College of Arts and Sciences  for additional information about Bachelor of Arts Specifications  and Bachelor of Science Specifications 

Major Requirements: 39-40

• ACCT 210 - Principles of Accounting I (COM) Credits: 3
• ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting II (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics * **(COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics * (COM) (G) Credits: 3
• ECON 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 330 - Money and Banking (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 423 - Introduction to Econometrics (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 428 - Mathematical Economics Credits: 3
• STAT 281 - Introduction to Statistics (COM) Credits: 3
• ENGL 379 - Technical Communication (COM) (AW) Credits: 3

• Choose Two Courses from the Follwing:

• ECON 403-503 - History of Economic Thought (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 405 - Comparative Economic Systems (COM) Credits: (2-3)
• ECON 433 - Public Finance (COM) (AW) Credits: 3
• ECON 440-540 - Economics of International Sector Credits: 3
• ECON 450-550 - Industrial Organization (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 453 - Risk Management-Personal and Business Credits: 3
• ECON 460-560 - Economic Development ** (G) Credits: 3
• ECON 472-572 - Resource and Environmental Economics (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 482 - Labor Economics (COM) Credits: 3
• Electives in AGEC or ECON (except ECON 101) Credits: 6

General Electives: 23-37

Total Required Credits: 120

Accelerated Master’s Degree:

Outstanding students majoring in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Agricultural Business, Economics, or Economics with a Business Economics specialization may complete their Baccalaureate degree and Master of Science in Economics combined in five years. Students may apply for admission into the accelerated Master’s Program as early as the end of their sophomore year, but must have a GPA of at least 3.5 in Department of Economics courses to be considered for acceptance in the accelerated program. Those admitted as graduate students may take dual listed 400-500 level courses at the graduate (500) level during their fourth (senior) year. See the SDSU Graduate Catalog or the Department’s Graduate Coordinator Dr. Santos for complete details for the fifth year.

Curriculum Notes

* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has a 5 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.