Economics, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Department/Program Major Courses (43-79 credits)

Other Departmental Requirements (36-41 credits)

• Written Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00-4.00 (satisfies Written Communication for core)

• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition or
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity or
• HONR 19903 - Interdisciplinary Approaches In Writing

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• Quantitative Reasoning Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 or 4.00 or 5.00 (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)

• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I or
• MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I or
• MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I

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• Quantitative Reasoning Selective #2 - Credit Hours: 3.00 or 4.00 or 5.00 (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)

• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II or
• MA 16200 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus II or
• MA 16600 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus II

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• ENGL 42000 - Business Writing ♦

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• STAT 35000 - Introduction To Statistics or
• STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods or
• MGMT 30500 - Business Statistics

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• International Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• International Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

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• Human Cultures: Humanities Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures: Humanities for core)
• Science #1 Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Science #1 for core)
• Science #2 Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Science #2 for core)
• Science, Technology, & Society Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Science, Technology, & Society for core)
• Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Oral Communication for core)

Electives (9-41credits)

• ​Electives - Credit Hours: 0.00-41.00

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  ​The number of electives will vary for each student and can include AP credit, transfer credit, and/or Credit by Exam.

Economics Admissions Index (EAI) Core

Economics Admission Index(EAI) courses consist of:

• COM 11400 Fundamentals of Speech Communication OR COM 21700 Science Writing & Presentation OR SCLA 10200 Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking and Communication II: Modern World OR EDPS 31500 Collaborative Leadership: Interpersonal Skills
• ECON 25100 Microeconomics
• ECON 25200 Macroeconomics
• ENGL 10600 First-year Composition OR ENGL 10800 Accelerated First-year Composition OR SCLA 10100 Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking and Communication I: Antiquity to Modernity or HONR 19903 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Writing
• MA 16010 Applied Calculus I OR MA 16100 Plane Analytic Geometry and Calculus I OR MA 16500 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I

 Upper Division Requirements: A student must 1) complete all EAI courses with a 2.75 or above EAI GPA AND a 2.50 cumulative GPA 2) have a C- or higher in all EAI AND any ECON courses 3) Not be on academic probation.

• University Policy states students may only attempt a course 3 times and grades of W or WF are included in this limit. Per the School of Management, no more than three different MAI courses, or their equivalents, may be taken two times for a grade.
• Students are responsible for consulting their advisor about re-take options available to them.
• Previous enrollments in MA 16100, 16200, 16500, 16600 do not count against the retake policy for the MAI.

University Core Requirements

For a complete listing of University Core Course Selectives, visit the University Senate Website.

• Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Science (BSS)
• Human Cultures: Humanities (HUM)
• Information Literacy (IL)
• Oral Communication (OC)
• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
• Science #1 (SCI)
• Science #2 (SCI)
• Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
• Written Communication (WC)

Program Requirements

Notes

• MGMT, OBHR and ECON courses numbered 30000 or higher can only be taken after being admitted to Upper Division, with the exception of OBHR 33300. Students may take this course during their Sophomore Year.
• Courses taken on approved Krannert study abroad programs may be used to satisfy degree requirements. Students participating in a Purdue approved study abroad program are registered as full-time Purdue students during their semester abroad. Schedule an appointment with your advisor to discuss study abroad opportunities.
• Information on summer courses is available at www.purdue.edu/thinksummer.
• Graduation Index: 2.00 minimum - Major Index: 2.00 minimum
• Transfer credit for upper level MGMT, OBHR and ECON (Purdue Transfer Credit Courses) will only be considered if taken at a 4 year AACSB accredited school.
  

World Language Courses

World Language proficiency requirements vary by program. The following list is inclusive of all world languages PWL offers for credit; for acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor.

ASL-American Sign Language	ARAB-Arabic	CHNS-Chinese	FR-French
GER-German	GREK-Greek (ancient)	HEBR-Hebrew (Biblical)	HEBR-Hebrew (modern)
ITAL-Italian	JPNS-Japanese	KOR-Korean	LATN-Latin
PTGS-Portuguese	RUSS-Russian	SPAN-Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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