UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Degree Requirements

Economics Major

Major Requirements 42-44 Total Credits

 

Required Courses: 27 cr. hrs.
SBE 100 First Year Seminar 2 cr.
MATH 146 or equivalent (MATH 156, MATH 166, ECON 205) 
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 226 Introduction to Statistics
or MATH 226 Fundamentals of Statistics 3 cr.
or equivalent upon Chair's approval
SBE 300 Professional Development 1 cr.
ECON 301 Intermediate Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 326 Analytics for Business and Economics 3 cr.
ECON 480 Senior Seminar (writing intensive) 3 cr.

Elective Courses*: 18 cr. hrs.
Choose 18 credits from the following categories with at most nine credits from the disciplines outside the area of Economics:

  • Elective courses in the area of Economics: ECON 305, ECON 312, ECON 316, ECON 324, ECON 329, ECON 332, ECON 334, ECON 340, ECON 342, ECON 344, ECON 362, ECON 378, ECON 379, ECON 411, ECON 426, ECON 489, ECON 499
  • Elective courses outside the area of Economics: ACCT 232, ACCT 321, ACCT 322, ACCT 356; BLAW 265, BLAW 266; CSIS 161, CSIS 162, CSIS 215, CSIS 225; FINC 345, FINC 347, FINC 348, FINC 446; MNGT 300, MNGT 318, MNGT 320, MNGT 330, MNGT 340, MNGT 350, MNGT 355, MNGT 361, MNGT 430; MKTG 310, MKTG 312, MKTG 355, MKTG 365, MKTG 445; AGEC 355, AGEC 450; GEOG 220, GEOG 237; MATH 236, MATH 256, MATH 266, MATH 316, MATH 326, MATH 327, MATH 331, MATH 356, MATH 357, MATH 366, MATH 367, MATH 371, MATH 431, MATH 456; PHIL 304; POLS 212, POLS 230, POLS 245, POLS 369; or PSYC 250, PSYC 265.

*Some elective courses may have prerequisites

 

Department of Economics

124 South Hall
715-425-3335
www.uwrf.edu/SBE

John Walker - Chair
Melaku Abegaz
Hossein Eftekari
Logan Kelly
Pascal Ngoboka

The vision of the School of Business and Economics is to be a community of choice and the regional leader in the acquisition, study, application and sharing of business, economics and information technology knowledge. Consistent with this vision, the college is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.