Program Overview
The degree of Bachelor of Arts in economics, with a concentration in International Trade, requires successful completion of 120 hours, including (1) the UCA Core: complete 38 hours to meet lower-division UCA Core requirements and complete upper-division UCA Core requirements using designated major, minor, or elective courses (2) the major and related course requirements as listed below; and (3) a minor approved by the student’s minor advisor.
Mathematics Pathway. First-time, first-year students majoring in Economics enter the College Algebra Mathematics Pathway and must enroll in MATH 1390 during their first year of study, unless they have already been awarded credit for MATH 1390.
Related Course Requirements. Students must complete a three-credit-hour foreign language course at the 2000-level or above as well as all course prerequisites. Students with prior experience in a language are strongly encouraged to take the departmental placement test before enrolling in their first course. Note: CSD 2303 Basic Sign Language, CSD 4303 Intermediate Sign Language, and transferred Guided/Extended Study (i.e., correspondence) courses will not be accepted in fulfillment of the foreign language requirement.
Abbreviation Key – UCA Core Program
LD = Lower Division
UD = Upper Division
C = Effective Communication
D = Diversity
I = Critical Inquiry
R = Responsible Living
Z = Capstone Experience
Program Outline
Note: Designated required Economics courses for the UCA Core are:
- ECON 3302 Intermediate Macroeconomics [UD UCA Core: I, C]
- ECON 4335 International Trade [UD UCA Core: D]
- ECON 4380 Senior Seminar in Economics [UD UCA Core: Z]
Students may choose from the following major electives or minor courses or general electives to meet the UCA Core Responsible Living upper-division requirement:
- ECON 3310 Public Sector Economics [UD UCA Core: R]
- ECON 3330 Environmental Economics [UD UCA Core: R]
Major in Economics (39 hours)
Concentration in International Trade: A student must take either ECON 1310 or ECON 2310 from the UCA Core, as well as seven required economics classes and five global electives. The student must take:
- ECON 2320 Principles of Macroeconomics [ACTS: ECON2103]
- ECON 2321 Principles of Microeconomics [ACTS: ECON2203]
- ECON 3301 Intermediate Microeconomics
- ECON 3302 Intermediate Macroeconomics [UD UCA Core: I, C]
- ECON 4335 International Trade [UD UCA Core: D]
- ECON 4375 Economics of Developing Nations
- ECON 4380 Senior Seminar in Economics
Global Electives
The student must also take three upper division economics major elective courses.
The student must also take two classes from the following list of classes:
Any upper division level economics class
- FINA 3340 Money and Banking
- FINA 4333 International Finance
- GEOG 3300 World Regional Geography
- GEOG 3305 Economic Geography
- GEOG 3315 Geography of Latin America
- GEOG 3320 Field Study
- GEOG 3335 Geography of Europe & Russia
- GEOG 3345 Geography of China and East Asia
- GEOG 3346 Geography of South Asia
- GEOG 3381 Political Geography
- GEOG 3385 Global Food Resources
- PSCI 3305 United Nations and International Politics
- PSCI 3315 International Law and Organizations
- PSCI 3340 Governments and Politics of Europe and Russia
- PSCI 3382 Politics of Developing Nations
- PSCI 4305 Political Economy of Development
- PSCI 4310 International Political Economy and Globalization
- PSCI 4320 Revolution and Political Violence
- PSCI 4325 Mexican Politics and US-Mexican Relations
- PSCI 4328 Dynamics of Democratization
- PSCI 4345 Governments and Politics of Africa
- PSCI 4348 Government and Politics of the Middle East
- PSCI 4388 American Foreign Policy
- PSCI 4395 International Conflict and Conflict Management
- HIST 3312 Comparative History of Developing Countries
- HIST 3321 History of Christianity II
- HIST 3383 Modern China
- HIST 3384 Modern Japan
- HIST 4305 United States and the Middle East, 1776-Present
- HIST 4328 Modern Latin America
- HIST 4347 Ideas and Society in Modern Europe
- HIST 4377 Europe in a Global Era
- HIST 4394 Germany since 1918
- HIST 4397 History of Ireland 1550-Present
- SOC 3398 Travel Seminar
- SOC 4341 Population
A student may also take other classes approved by his or her advisor to meet the global elective requirement.
BA Economics majors may pick a minor in the College of Business. No more than 30 hours of classes may be taken in the College of Business. College of Business courses for this requirement are considered to be courses with the following prefixes: ACCT, CISA, FINA, INSU, MGMT, and MKTG. Economics courses are not considered to be College of Business courses for this requirement.
University of Central Arkansas
Overview:
University of Central Arkansas (UCA) is a public university located in Conway, Arkansas. It boasts a rich 115-year tradition of excellence and is committed to providing an innovative and collaborative education within a culture of student support and success.
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