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The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT Placement
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
Math Placement
MATH 021/022 to MATH 108-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning MATH 108 - ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS OR MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS OR MATH 121 - CALCULUS I (MATH 108 is highly recommended) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- School Core: ECON 101 - MICROECONOMICS or ECON 102 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS (HRS 4)
- School Core: INFO 224 - PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SB1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR BUSINESS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- School Core: BADM 223 - BUSINESS LAW I (HRS 4)
- School Core: ECON 101 - MICROECONOMICS or ECON 102 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS (HRS 4)
- School Core: ACCT 221 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SB2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR BUSINESS
- Recommended: BADM 120 - EXCEL EXPERT CERTIFICATION PREP (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- School Core: MKTG 290 - MARKETING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES (HRS 4)
- School Core: BADM 225 - MANAGEMENT STATISTICS (HRS 4)
- School Core: ACCT 222 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SB3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR BUSINESS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Major: ECON 312 - INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS * (HRS 4)
- School Core: MGMT 302 - MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (HRS 4)
- Major: ECON Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Major: ECON 311 - INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS * (HRS 4)
- School Core: FINC 301 - CORPORATE FINANCE I (HRS 4)
- Major: ECON Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- School Core: MGMT 370 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (HRS 4)
- Major: ECON Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: ECON Elective (HRS 4)
- School Core: International Category Course (ASB)*** (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- School Core: BADM 301 - ETHICS IN BUSINESS or INFO 315 - COMPUTER LAW AND ETHICS (if needed) OR Elective (HRS 4)
- School Core: BADM 495 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (HRS 4)
- Major: ECON Elective (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
Required GPA for Graduation: 2.0 (overall and in the major)
*General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Not completing CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student has earned 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
Social Science Inquiry (+W)
Scientific Reasoning
Historical Perspectives (+W)
Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)
Global Awareness (+W)
Distribution Category (Outside of ASB)
Distribution Category
- VALUES AND ETHICS (Recommended: (School Core: BADM 301 - ETHICS IN BUSINESS))
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in ECON 101 Microeconomics in order to take ECON 311 Intermediate Microeconomics; students must earn a grade of “C” or better in ECON 102 Macroeconomics in order to take ECON 312 Intermediate Macroeconomics
BADM 120 Excel Expert Certification Prep (2 cr.) is recommended for all Economic majors in the second year, first semester.
*ECON 311 Intermediate Microeconomics is always offered in the Fall semester; ECON 312 Intermediate Macroeconomics is always offered in the Spring semester.
** The ASB Career Pathways Program is managed through the ASB Career Services Office, ASB-513, which documents module completion. The Registrar is then notified and the course for that module is posted to the student’s record. All ASB Career Pathways courses must be completed prior to graduation.
***ECON 323 Comparative Economic Systems and ECON 325 International Economics double-count for the School Core: International Category Course and ECON Elective.
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