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Faculty of Business Administration
Bachelor of Economics Program in Business Economics
Bachelor of Economics program in business economics provides the students an interesting blend of Economics and business studies with practical relevance.
An opportunity to better understand real world business phenomena and make sound business decisions.
Courses are taught by highly qualified full-time and part-time faculty members with sound teaching and research experiences.
Rationale

With rapid changes as a result of the globalization and technological development, business enterprises face new challenges. There is an increasing need for people with practical economics skills, people capable of making economic analysis and reasoning, people with critical thinking and analytical skills and people capable of making sound business decisions.
Business Economics as a social science is very valuable for understanding the modern social organizations and many public issues.
Business Economics as a way of thinking is important to develop the critical thinking and analytical skills and provide a systematic way to analyze organization performance and problems.
Business Economics provides corporate managers the information needed to make decisions on project feasibility, marketing and pricing of products and understanding the impact of government economic policies on the operations of business.

Program Objectives
To be the regions foremost undergraduate business program in business economics.
To develop skills in terms of writing proficiency critical analysis and thinking skills.

Business Economics Course

Credit Hours: 126

Requirements

University Requirements:
First Year Making Connections Course (or equivalent)
HIST 2763, HIST 2773 OR POSC 2103
At least one HIST course in the General Education Core Courses
‘C’ in ENG 1003 and ENG 1013
BSE must have ‘C’ in MATH 1023
45 Upper Level AFTER 30 HOURS
124 Earned Credit Hours
18 of the Last 24 Hours at ASU
32 Residence Hours
57 Hours with Accredited Senior Institutions
2.00 in ASU Coursework and Major Coursework
31 Hour Maximum Correspondence, CLEP, Advanced Placement, Etc.

ASU Minimum

General Education Requirements: Sem. Hrs.
Refer to index for General Education Curriculum for Baccalaureate Degrees

Specific General Education Requirements:
Students must complete MATH 2143 with a “C” or better.
Students must complete either SOC 2213 or ANTH 2233
College of Business Core Courses:(see beginning of Business section)

Major Requirements:
ECON 3313, Microeconomic Analysis
ECON 3323, Money and Banking
ECON 3353, Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON 4313, History of Economic Thought
Junior/Senior Economics Electives

MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE COURSE EACH FROM THE FOLLOWING GROUPS:
International:
ECON 3343, Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 4103, International Trade
ECON 4353, Economic Development
ECON 4683, Special Problems in Economics

Public Policy and Business:
ECON 3323 Money and Banking
ECON 4323, Economic Policy Analysis
ECON 4333, Government Regulation of Business
ECON 4363, Global Environmental Policies
ECON 4683, Special Problems in Economics

Theory of the Firm:
ECON 3363, Labor Economics
ECON 4343, Managerial Economics
ECON 4683, Special problems in Economics

Electives:19-16

Total:126