Program: Economics Major (ECON), BBA - Harding University

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 53 Hours

Major: 65 Hours

Business Core (38 hours):

All Bachelor of Business Administration degree majors require a uniform Business Core of 41 hours. Included in this business core is ECON 201 **, which could also satisfy 3 hours of the Liberal Arts program, resulting in a 38-hour Business Core. The purpose of the core is to provide understanding of a generally recognized common body of knowledge in business. The Business Core consists of:

ACCT 205 - Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACCT 206 - Managerial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
* BUS 265 - Quantitative Business Analysis Credit Hours: 3
BUS 317 - Legal Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3
BUS 350 - Business Communications Credit Hours: 3
BUS 435 - Christian Business Ethics Credit Hours: 2 or 3
** ECON 201 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 202 - Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
FIN 343 - Managerial Finance Credit Hours: 3
*** IS 290 - Management Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
MGT 354 - Productions/Operations Management Credit Hours: 3
MGT 368 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
MGT 430 - Strategic Policy Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 240 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3

Note(s):

* MATH 200 is strongly recommended to fulfill the Liberal Arts requirement in math for all B.B.A. degree majors and serves as the prerequisite for this course.
** ECON 201 is part of the Liberal Arts program.
*** All business majors are required to satisfy the technology competency requirements for graduation in one of the following ways:

Pass the IS proficiency online exam prior to taking IS 290 .
Pass IS 101 or IS 260 .

The IS proficiency exam is offered through the Harding University testing office located in the Pryor-England Science Center. Further information regarding this exam may be obtained from the COBA dean’s office or from the COBA Web site.

Economics Courses (12 hours):

ECON 310 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 340 - Economic History Credit Hours: 3
ECON 420 - Comparative Economic Systems Credit Hours: 3

Other Required Courses (15 hours):

FIN 344 - Investments Credit Hours: 3
or FIN 346Commercial Banking Credit Hours: 3
12 additional hours elected from the Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration .

General Elective: 4 Hours

Remaining Bible: 6 Hours

BUS 435 , included in the Business Core above, satisfies the Bible requirement in the semester it is taken.

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