Economics General Program (BA)

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Economics is a social science that deals with many of society’s most difficult problems, such as inflation, unemployment, pollution and poverty. As a problem-based discipline, the study of economics enables students to acquire the analytical skills and methodology applicable to a variety of career options. Economics graduates are in demand in such fields as banking, finance, insurance, and in government and industry. In addition, training in economics provides an excellent background for professional education in law and in graduate schools of business and public administration. Students planning to go to graduate school for Economics should consider completing the Economics General BS program instead of the BA.

Requirements (120 credits)

A. Foundations (7 credits)

A foreign language course from ARB 112 , ASL 112 , CHN 112 , FRN 112 , GER 112 , SPN 112 ; or successful transfer of the second semester of a foreign language or demonstration of equivalent proficiency by examination

A course in US Diversity (US) or Global Studies (GS)

B. Economics (33 credits)

Thirty-three credits in economics including:

C. Statistics (3-4 credits)

One from:

MTH 272 - Introduction to Statistics (4)
PSY 322 - Basic Statistics and Probability (4)
SOC 215 - General Statistics (3)

D. Mathematics (4 credits)

One from:

MTH 118 - Applied Calculus (4)
MTH 120 - Pre-Calculus Mathematics (4)
MTH 121 - Calculus I (4)

E. Electives (12 credits)

Twelve additional credits in social sciences outside economics or in mathematics.

The social science courses may include one introductory course; additional courses must be numbered 300 or higher.

Students electing mathematics courses must elect MTH 122 , so they should satisfy the Mathematics requirement above with MTH 121 . Other mathematics courses should be selected with the approval of the advisor and must be beyond the level of MTH 122 ; MTH 272 cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.

Additional Requirements

All University General Education requirements and graduation requirements

All CASE BA general degree requirements

Honors Program

All bachelor-degree-seeking students with GPAs of 3.5 or higher are eligible to apply to the University of Michigan-Flint Honors Program . Please contact the Honors Program Manager or the Honors Program Director for further information.