University General Education Program (41 hours)

See Graduation from the University  for the University General Education Program requirements. Note that 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 2.25 GPA in the following Lower Division Business Core:

• ACCT 2010 - Fundamentals of Acct I **
• ACCT 2020 - Fundamentals of Acct II **
• ECON 2010 - Intro to Macroeconomics**
• ECON 2020 - Intro to Microeconomics**
• MIS 2749 - Foundation/Information Systems **

• Take either:

• SCMS 2710 - Business Analytics -Statistics **

• OR

• MATH 1530 - Prob/Statistics/Non Calculus**

• Take one from:

• MATH 1830 - Elementary Calculus**
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I **
• MATH 1421 - Honors Calculus I

Upper Division Business Core

No grade below “C” and a 2.25 GPA in the following Upper Division Business Core:

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

• Choose one of the following international business electives:

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

The Major (24 hours)

No grade below “C” and a minimum 2.25 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 - Intro to Macroeconomics**  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 - Microeconomic Theory  and ECON 3320 - 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 Business Economics Sequence

Total Hours: 120-122

Total Hours Required for Graduation: 120

*Must satisfy University General Education Program Requirement