2025-2026 DRAFT Academic Catalog

Nov 09, 2024

2025-2026 DRAFT Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Economics, BA (ECONOMICS-BA)

Program Description

Economics is a social science that studies how people manage resources and make the best use of available resources. Economics graduates learn to make decisions that are vital to the success of government agencies, businesses, and non-profits.

Admission Requirements

Completion of ENG1100 or equivalent
GPA of 2.0 or higher

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates will be able to:

Make the best use of resources.
Look at problems faced by individuals, private organizations, government, and society in a logical and ordered way.
Understand economic models in domestic and global contexts and how to analyze individual decision making, think critically about different models, and evaluate their assumptions, implications and applications to real world problems.
Be able to examine the performance and functioning of government, markets, and institutions in the larger context of social and economic problems.
Become familiar with salient developments in the world economy, in both present-day and historical contexts and as a result be well prepared for a wide array of occupations, giving them many career options and tremendous flexibility on the job market.
Acquire necessary mathematical and statistical skills to be able to analyze economic problems and to make use of those skills.
Understand both the quantitative techniques and real world applications necessary for success.

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Program Requirements:

I. Wright State Core: 36 Credit Hours

As a part of the requirements for a bachelor’s degree at Wright State University, all students must complete the Wright State Core, a general education curriculum. Most programs require 36 hours in the Core, some programs may require additional hours.

Specific Core classes in some of the Elements may be required by some majors. When this occurs, the specific Core courses required will be listed below. In Elements where a specific course is not required, students can choose any course from the Wright State Core Program Requirements.

First-Year Seminar: 3 Credit Hours

All students must successfully complete a First-Year Seminar during their first year. Transfer students who transfer 24 or more credit hours (post high school graduation) are exempt from this requirement and will need to satisfy three additional credit hours in the Additional Core Courses category.

Element A - English Composition: 3 Credit Hours

All students must successfully complete ENG 1100. Based on Writing Placement level, some students may be required to enroll in a corequisite course.

ENG 1100 - Academic Writing and Reading Credit Hour(s): 3

Second-Year Writing Course: 3 Credit Hours

ENG 2100 - Research Writing and Argumentation Credit Hour(s): 3

Element B - Mathematics, Statistics, and Logic: 4 Credit Hours

Required:

EC 1050 - Elementary Mathematical Economic and Business Models and Methods Credit Hour(s): 4
OR
MTH 2280 - Business Calculus Credit Hour(s): 4

Element C - Arts and Humanities: 6 Credit Hours

Students will select two Arts and Humanities courses, with different course prefixes from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements. One course must fulfill the History requirement.

History Requirement (3 credit hours)

Choose 1 course from the list below:
CLS 1500 - Introduction to Greek and Roman Culture Credit Hour(s): 3
HST 1100 - Western Civilizations to 1500 Credit Hour(s): 3
HST 1200 - The West and the World since 1500 Credit Hour(s): 3
Arts and Humanities Course (3 credit hours)

Choose an additional Arts and Humanities course (a different prefix from what is chosen above) from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements.

Element D - Social and Behavioral Sciences: 6 Credit Hours

Students will select two Social and Behavioral Sciences courses, with different course prefixes from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements.

Required:

EC 2040 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3

Element E - Natural Sciences: 7 Credit Hours

Students will select two Natural Science courses, from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements. At least one course must contain a laboratory.

Additional Core Courses: 4 Credit Hours

Students will select up to 4 additional credit hours from Elements A-E from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements to reach the 36 minimum hours required in the Core. Unless specified by the student’s major, these are selected by the student. When a major has required courses in this area, the specific Core course(s) required will be listed below.

Required:

EC 2050 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3
and

One course to reach the minimum of 36 credit hours required

Additional Core Requirements

Within the 36 credit hours of the Wright State Core students must successfully complete the following:

One Global Inquiry (GI) course

Two Inclusive Excellence (IE) courses

One to two Integrated Writing (IW) courses. To meet degree requirements all students must complete a minimum of 3 IW courses by choosing either (a) 1 in the Core and 2 in the major or (b) 2 in the Core and 1 in the major. Students should check their major program requirements for courses that fulfill Integrated Writing.

Students who do not make choices within the 36 required hours of the Core to fulfill the GI, IE, and IW requirements will take additional Core hours beyond the minimum of 36.

II. Departmental Requirements: 30 Credit Hours

EC 3010 - Economics of Global Money Markets Credit Hour(s): 3
EC 3150 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3
EC 3170 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3
EC 3190 - Institutional Economics Credit Hour(s): 3
EC Electives Credit Hour(s): 18

IV. College Requirements: 9-13 Credit Hours

Statistics: 3-5 Credit Hours

Choose one course from the list below:

ISE 2211 - Statistics for Engineers Credit Hour(s): 3
MS 2040 - Introduction to Business Statistics Credit Hour(s): 3
PLS 3100 - Quantitative Methods in Political Science Credit Hour(s): 3
PSY 3020 - Research Methods in Psychology II Credit Hour(s): 4
PSY 3030 - Research Methods in Psychology I & II Credit Hour(s): 5
STT 2640 - Elementary Statistics Credit Hour(s): 4
STT 3600 - Introduction to Probability Credit Hour(s): 3

Language Requirement: 6-8 Credit Hours

Two course sequence from any of the following:

1010 and 1020 from Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Latin, Chinese, or other (6 credits of the same foreign language) or
1010 and 1020 from ASL (8 credits) or
CS1150, CS1160, CEG2170, CS1180 and CS1181 (8 credits, any two courses) or
Any two MTH courses from 2310 and higher (6-8 credits)

V. Upper-Level Electives: 9 Credit Hours

Choose three courses (9 hours minimum) at the 3000 or 4000 level with the same course prefix.

VI. General Electives: 32-36 Credit Hours

Students must earn a minimum of 120 credit hours for a baccalaureate degree. If the total number of credit hours in the WSU Core (general education program) and the major requirements do not total at least 120 credits, students will choose additional courses (general electives) to meet the minimum required 120 credit hours. Students may choose from any undergraduate course in the Academic Catalog for which they meet the course prerequisites and for which they do not already have earned credit.

Total: 120 Credit Hours

Graduation Planning Strategy

A Graduation Planning Strategy (GPS), also known as a four-year guide, is an academic tool showing one example of how a program can be completed in a certain amount of time. All Wright State undergraduate majors can be completed in four years with careful planning. Some programs may require summer coursework. Time to degree is dependent on many factors including student placement in mathematics and writing courses, CCP and AP coursework, transfer coursework, and other variables.

These guides are valid for this year’s Academic Catalog only and are subject to change. These guides are a recommendation only and your actual program may vary. Students should consult with their academic advisor on a regular basis and create a personalized plan to degree completion.