Computer experience is also helpful, as well as courses which encourage analytical thinking, such as logic courses. The Department of Economics is in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences which is part of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences. Students may declare the intent to major in economics upon approval of an application to the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences. The Department of Economics does not require that a minimum number of economics courses be taken prior to making application. The GEC is a body of courses designed to ensure that each student becomes acquainted with the basic areas of academic study.
Some majors also require completion of a foreign language requirement.
The BS program has a stronger quantitative component which prepares the student for graduate work in economics or for more analytical areas of government and business. The departmental writing course is an economics course which has a significant writing component in the course work. Additional courses in mathematics, accounting, management, and computer science are encouraged to round out the student's education. Students may also minor in economics. The minor consists of Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, and two elective courses in economics that have principles as a prerequisite.