College of Business & Economics

Department of Economics

Degree Requirements

Students in the business administration major with the track in economics complete 21 units in lower-level required courses, 33 units in upper-level required courses, and 21 units in economics. These requirements are for catalog year 2012-13 and later. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to view requirements.

Degree candidates intending to major in business administration are designated as “Pre-Business Administration” (PBUA) until admitted into the BUAD major. Students are required to meet each term with their assigned faculty adviser to evaluate their progress in completing the requirements for admission to major and the degree.

Lower-Level Business Administration Required Courses (21-22 units)

Course Number	Course Name
ACCT 201 or ACCT 211	Principles of Financial Accounting (3) or Honors Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 202 or ACCT 212	Principles of Managerial Accounting (3) or Honors Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
ECON 201 or ECON 203	Microeconomic Principles(3) or Honors Microeconomic Principles (3)
ECON 202 or ECON 204	Macroeconomic Principles (3) or Honors Macroeconomic Principles (3)
LEGL 225	Legal Environment of Business (3)
MATH 211 or MATH 273	Calculus for Applications (3) or Calculus I (4)
ECON 205 or MATH 231 or 233	Statistics for Business and Economics I (3) or Basic Statistics (3) or Honors Basic Statistics (3)
Completion of the Computer Proficiency Exam (CPE) with a passing score of 70 percent or higher.

Upper-Level BUAD Required Courses (33 units)

Course Number	Course Name
BUSX 301	Business Cornerstone (3) Note: University Core: Advanced Writing Course (ENGL 317) is taken prior to or concurrent with BUSX 301.
BUSX 460	Professional Experience (3) Note: Requires approved internship
EBTM 306	Fundamentals of Project Management and Business Decisions (3)
EBTM 337	Information Technology (3)
EBTM 311	Principles of e-Business (3)
EBTM 365	Principles of Operations Management (3)
FIN 331	Principles of Financial Management (3)
MKTG 341	Principles of Marketing (3)
MNGT 361	Principles of Management (3)
MNGT 481	Business Strategy and Policy (3)
MNGT 482	Business Ethics and Sustainability (3)

NOTE: All accounting, business administration, and e-business majors are required to take the Comprehensive Test of Core Business Knowledge (PDF) in the capstone course, MNGT 481 Business Strategy.

Economics Courses (21 units)

Course Number	Course Name
ECON 309	Intermediate Price Theory (3)
ECON 310	Macroeconomic Theory (3)
ECON 313	Money and Banking (3)
Four upper-level ECON electives (ECON 409 Managerial Economics is recommended; Neither ECON 306 nor an ECON 497 Internship may count as one of the track electives) (12)