Admission Requirements

To be accepted into the Minor in Economics and to progress into the upper division of the College, students must meet the following requirements:

• A minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA
• Junior or Senior standing
• A grade of C or above in all prerequisites to required courses in the minor, including
  • ECON 2101 - Principles of Economics - Macro (3)
      
  • ECON 2102 - Principles of Economics - Micro (3)
      
  • MATH 1120 - Calculus (3)  or MATH 1241 - Calculus I (3)  
  • STAT 1220 - Elements of Statistics I (BUSN) (3) *
  • INFO 2130 - Introduction to Business Computing (3)
       

*Required only for ECON 3112  and ECON 3125 .

Minor Requirements

A Minor in Economics requires 18 credit hours of economics courses.  Students may attempt each of the courses in the minor two times.

Total = 18 Credit Hours

Grade Requirements

To obtain this minor, students must meet the University requirements of a GPA of at least 2.0 overall and in the courses for the minor.  Students must earn a minimum grade of C in all required and elective minor courses and their prerequisite courses.  When students repeat a course, both the old and new grades are included in the overall GPA.  Courses repeated under the Grade Replacement Policy are excluded from the overall GPA computation.  However, this repeated course does count as an attempt.   Students must also meet the Belk College of Business residency requirements listed under the “Degree Requirements” heading on the main College of Business page .