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Duluth Campus
Economics B.B.A.Economics & Health Care Management
Labovitz School of Business and Economics
Economics is the study of how societies, businesses, and individuals allocate limited resources to achieve competing ends. The B.B.A. in economics is designed for students who wish to integrate business and economics courses in a way that allows them to analyze business problems with the insight garnered from the economics discipline. In addition to theoretical and applied courses in economics, students pursuing a B.B.A. with a major in economics will take core courses in business, such as accounting, finance, business law, information systems, marketing, human resources, and management.
This degree provides skills and training for careers in business and industry, law, government, politics, teaching, research, and a variety of other areas. The degree also provides a strong foundation for future graduate studies in business, economics, law, and public administration.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Students must complete
60 credits
before admission to the program.
Freshman and transfer students are usually admitted to pre-major status
before admission to this major.
A GPA above 2.0 is preferred for the following:
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Pre-Major Requirements (37 cr)
ACCT 2001 - Principles of Financial Accounting
(3.0 cr)
ACCT 2002 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
(3.0 cr)
BLAW 2001 - The Legal Environment
[LE CAT8, HUMANITIES]
(3.0 cr)
ECON 1022 - Principles of Economics: Macro
[LE CAT, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
ECON 1023 - Principles of Economics: Micro
[LE CAT, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
ECON 2030 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics
[LOGIC & QR]
(3.0 cr)
MIS 2201 - Information Technology in Business
(3.0 cr)
PSY 1003 - General Psychology
[LE CAT, SOC SCI]
(4.0 cr)
WRIT 1120 - College Writing
[LE CAT, WRITING]
(3.0 cr)
UST 1000 - Learning in Community
(1.0-2.0 cr)
General Requirements
Program Requirements
LSBE Core (18 cr)
MGTS 3301 - Production and Operations Management
(3.0 cr)
FIN 3601 - Corporate Finance
(3.0 cr)
MGTS 3401 - Organizational Behavior and Management
(3.0 cr)
MKTG 3701 - Principles of Marketing
(3.0 cr)
MGTS 3801 - Human Resource Management
(3.0 cr)
MGTS 4481 - Strategic Management
(3.0 cr)
Economics Requirements (24 cr)
Group A (12 cr)
ECON 3022 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
(3.0 cr)
ECON 3023 - Intermediate Microeconomics
(3.0 cr)
ECON 4512 - Firm Decision and Strategy
(3.0 cr)
Group B (3 cr)
Take 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ECON 3311 - Money and Banking
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 3777 - Environmental Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 4613 - Oligopoly and Monopoly
(3.0 cr)
Group C (9 cr)
ECON 3512 cannot be applied as an elective. By approval, one 3xxx or above course outside of ECON may be applied. No more than a total of 3 credits of internship, independent study, or a course outside of ECON can be used for upper division elective.
Take 3 or more course(s) totaling 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ECON 3xxx
·
ECON 4xxx
Supporting Courses (15 cr)
In addition to the international requirement listed below, complete upper division (3xxx or above) non-LSBE courses for a total of 15 credits of supporting courses. NOTE: PSY 3020, STAT 3611 and SOC 3155 are equivalent to ECON 2030 and cannot be used to fulfill these requirements.
ACCT 4505 - International Accounting
(3.0 cr)
or
AMIN 3410 - Fur Trade in Canada and the United States
[CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 3628 - Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 3632 - Latin American Cultures
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 3638 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
(3.0 cr)
or
ECON 3150 - Development Economics
(3.0 cr)
or
ECON 3402 - Global Economic Issues
(3.0 cr)
or
ECON 4410 - International Economics
(3.0 cr)
or
ENGL 3501 - British Literature I
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
or
ENGL 3502 - British Literature II
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
or
ENGL 5566 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
or
ENGL 5583 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
or
FIN 3649 - International Finance
(3.0 cr)
or
FR 4412 - Contemporary French Culture and Society
[HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
or
FR 4422 {Inactive}
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
or
FST 4225 - INTB 4201, Chinese Business and Economics
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
or
FST 4295 - INTB 4211 Innovation in Ireland (GLOBAL PER)
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 3461 - Geography of Global Resources
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 3702 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 3762 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
GER 4302 - German Women Writers and Filmmakers
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
or
GER 4305 - German Cinema
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
or
GER 4404 - Contemporary Germany
[HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
or
HCM 4560 - International Comparisons of Health Care Systems
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3243 - Europe in Crisis in the 20th Century
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3244 - Holocaust & Genocide in Europe in the 20th Century
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3257 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3264 - Russian Empire under the Tsars: Russia under the Romanovs from Peter the Great to Lenin
[GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3386 - The United States and the World since 1898
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3615 - Modern Africa
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3616 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3726 - Modern Middle East: 18th Century-Present
[GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3825 - Islamic History from Muhammad to the Ottomans
[GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
or
INTB 3201 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
MGTS 4474 - International Management
(3.0 cr)
or
MGTS 4483 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
MGTS 4861 - International Human Resource Management
(3.0 cr)
or
MKTG 4774 - International Marketing
(3.0 cr)
or
POL 3451 - Theories of International Relations
(4.0 cr)
or
POL 3456 - International Security: War and More
(4.0 cr)
or
POL 3517 - Western European Political Systems
(4.0 cr)
or
POL 3570 - Politics of Developing Nations
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 3945 - Social Stratification
(3.0 cr)
or
SPAN 3042 - Civilization, Cultures and Communities in Latin America
[HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
or
SPAN 3044 - Civilization, Cultures and Communities of Spain
[HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER]
(4.0 cr)
or
SPAN 4011 - Latin American Prose
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
or
SPAN 4018 - Latin America From Within
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
or
SPAN 4027 - Contemporary Literature and Culture of Spain
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
or
WS 3000 - Transnational Perspectives on Feminism
[SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
or
WS 3001 - Gender Relations in the Global South
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
or
WS 3002 - Latin American Women: Culture and Politics
(3.0 cr)
or
WS 3400 - Women and Film
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
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