University General Education Program (41 hours)

See Graduation from the University  for the University General Education Program requirements. Note that MATH 1710 , MATH 1830 , MATH 1421 , or MATH 1910  (Mathematics requirement) with a minimum grade of “C”, ECON 2010  and ECON 2020  (Social/Behavioral Sciences requirement) are specified for the B.B.A. degree.

Lower Division Business Core

No grade below “C” and a minimum of 2.25 GPA in the major

• ACCT 2010 - Fundamentals of Acct I ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ACCT 2020 - Fundamentals of Acct II ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ECON 2010 - Intro to Macroeconomics** Credit Hours: (3)
• ECON 2020 - Intro to Microeconomics** Credit Hours: (3)
• MIS 2749 - Foundation/Information Systems ** Credit Hours: (3)

• Take either:

• SCMS 2710 - Business Analytics -Statistics ** Credit Hours: (3)

• OR

• MATH 1530 - Prob/Statistics/Non Calculus** Credit Hours: (3)

• Take one from:

• MATH 1710 - College Algebra Credit Hours: (3)
• MATH 1830 - Elementary Calculus** Credit Hours: (3)
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I ** Credit Hours: (4)
• MATH 1421 - Honors Calculus I Credit Hours: (4)

Upper Division Business Core

No grade below “C” and a 2.00 GPA in the following Upper Division Business Core:

• ACCT 3130 - Legal/Social/Political Environ ** Credit Hours: (3)
• FIR 3410 - Financial Management ** Credit Hours: (3)
• MGMT 3110 - Organization and Mgmt ** Credit Hours: (3)
• MGMT 3510 - Business Communications ** Credit Hours: (3)
• MGMT 4710 - Strategic Management ** Credit Hours: (3) (Registration limited to graduating seniors)
• MIS 3210 - Critical Thinking Using Analytics ** Credit Hours: (3)
• MKTG 3010 - Principles of Marketing ** Credit Hours: (3)
• SCMS 3510 - Operations Management ** Credit Hours: (3) (Take SCMS 3711 before SCMS 3510)
• SCMS 3711 - Business Analytics - Tools ** Credit Hours: (3)

• Choose one of the following international business electives:

• ACCT 4625 - Internl Acct/IFRS/US GAAP ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ECON 4350 - International Econ Credit Hours: (3)
• ECON 4351 - International Monetary Theory/Policy Credit Hours: (3)
• FIR 4550 - International Finance ** Credit Hours: (3)
• MGMT 4510 - International Business Communication ** Credit Hours: (3)
• MGMT 4810 - International Management ** Credit Hours: (3)
• MIS 4310 - Global Information Technology ** Credit Hours: (3)
• MIS 4321 - Global Outsourcing/Technology Credit Hours: (3)
• MKTG 4530 - International Marketing ** Credit Hours: (3)

The Major (24 hours)

No grade below “C” and a minimum 2.00 GPA in the major.

A minimum of 24 upper-division semester hours as follows:

Electives (13 hours)

Lower division or upper division courses to bring the total of hours earned to 120.

Honors Program

To be considered for the Honors Degree Program in Economics, the student must:

Maintain a minimum grade of “B” in honors sections of both ECON 2010  and ECON 2020 - Intro to Microeconomics** ; and obtain the recommendation of a faculty member in the Department of Economics to the Department Honors Committee.

Once accepted to the Honors Degree Program in Economics, the student must:

Maintain an average GPA of 3.25 in all economics courses to continue in the program; Have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in all economics courses at graduation; Enroll in ECON 3310 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory  and ECON 3320 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory  with an honors contract. Those contracts will be discussed with and approved by the faculty member teaching each course; and write an honors thesis. This begins with finding a faculty advisor for the thesis project, discussing a thesis topic, then writing the thesis. The honors thesis typically takes one semester to complete, although work on it can begin early. When working on the honors thesis, the student will enroll in a section of ECON 4996 - Honors Thesis in Economics  for up to one semester. The completed thesis will be graded by the faculty advisor.

Upon successfully completing all these requirements, the student will be recognized at the commencement ceremony by having their degree conferred “With Honors in Economics.” Moreover the student’s diploma and the record at the University of Memphis will reflect this accomplishment.

Typical 4 Year Sequence Economics Major: Financial Economics Concentration