Economics

The economics minor supports the following goals of Milligan College:

• Students will demonstrate sound scholarship through their ability to read and think analytically and critically, to communicate clearly and effectively, to evidence knowledge and competencies in the liberal arts and the social sciences, and to understand a significant body of material in their major field of study.
  
  
• Students will gain an enriched quality of life through stewardship of resources and preparation for graduate studies and a rewarding career or profession.

The minor in economics allows students to gain broad-based exposure to a variety of economic topics. The minor provides the student with a better understanding of the modern economy, at both the personal and social levels and from both a contemporary and historical perspective.

Business Administration major - B.A. or B.S. (39 - 45 hrs)
Emphasis in Economics

Milligan College offers a business administration major with an emphasis in economics. For further information on the business administration major, refer to the Business Administration page.

Economics minor

Required courses in the minor:

• ECON 201 Macroeconomic Principles and 202 Microeconomic Principles (6 hrs)
• ECON 370 Personal Finance (3 hrs)
• ECON 401 Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance or 403 Money and Banking (3 hrs)
• ECON 460 History of Economic Thought (3 hrs)
• LS 304 Law and Globalization (3 hrs)

The following general education requirements are fulfilled in the minor:

• 3 hours of social learning
• 3 hours of ethnic studies

Total number of required hours in the minor: 18

History majors pursuing secondary teacher licensure may add an endorsement in economics by completing this minor.