ECONOMICS (ECON)
2011/12 – 2015/16 Catalog
STUDENT: ___________________________ Student ID: _____________________ DATE: _____________
KEY: Enr = Enrolled GRADE@TU
Pet = Petition T(Grade) = Transfer
Rep = Repeat
Transfer Evaluation: Final ____________________ Preliminary ________________________
Note: If Transfer Package is pending or courses are not included on the Evaluation of
Transfer Credit form, it is the student's responsibility to inform the advisor of any changes to
the evaluation.
Important: Students are responsible for verifying their degree progress, including fulfillment of the Core
requirements and 32 upper-level units. The Academic Standards Committee will not consider Core appeals
based on misadvising stemming from the use of individual departmental advising sheets.
ECONOMICS MAJOR (36 units)
A. Required Courses (24 units):
1. ECON 201 Microeconomic Principles
2. ECON 202 Macroeconomic Principles
3. MATH 211 or MATH 273 Calculus
4. ECON 205 Statistics I
5. ECON 306 Statistics II
6. ECON 309 Intermediate Price Theory
7. ECON 310 Macroeconomic Theory
8. ECON 4
(one 400 level course excluding ECON 495 and 497)
B. Economics Electives (12 units):
1. ECON
2. ECON
3. ECON
4.
Only one (1) Internship in Economics (ECON497) will count
towards the major.
3 units from one of the following courses with an earned grade of
“C” or better may be used to satisfy one of the ECON electives:
1. FIN 351 - Advanced Corporate Finance
2. MATH 377 - Mathematical Models
3. POSC 459 - Simulation and Games in Political Science
Students interested in graduate school in Economics should take
ECON 401, ECON 451, MATH 273, MATH 274, MATH 275 and
MATH 463.
Track in Financial Economics
1. FIN 331 Principles of Financial Management
2. FIN 350 Financial Modeling Corporate Finance
3. FIN 351 Advanced Corporate Finance
4. FIN 333 Investments and Equity Security Analysis
5. FIN 423 Investments and Fixed Income Securities
Two of the following courses:
FIN 430 Financial Institutions and Management of Risk
FIN 433 Financial Modeling in Corporate Finance
FIN 435 International Finance
FIN 439 Financial Valuation and Strategy
Recommended courses for the Fall/Spring semester:
Complete this form using your current Academic
Requirements and bring both with you when you meet with
your advisor.
The name of your advisor is displayed on the Student Center page of
the Towson Online Services website: https://inside.towson.edu/psLogin/
Core Curriculum Requirements
Transfer Package:
Granted: Complete Core requirements for Package ________
None: Complete the following Core requirements:
Category I: FUNDAMENTALS (12-13 units)
Taken during the first year of college study
_________ I. Towson Seminar TSEM 102
_________ 2. English Composition ENGL 102/190
_________ 3. Mathematics ___________________________________
_________ 4. Creativity and Creative Development _______________
Category II: WAYS OF KNOWING (13-14 units)
_________ 5. Arts and Humanities ___________________________
The course meeting this requirement must be taken in a
discipline different from the course meeting Requirement 4.
_________ 6. Social and Behavioral Sciences ___________________
(ECON 201/203 or ECON 202/204 recommended )
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elect either two courses from different scientific disciplines or two
sequenced courses within one discipline.
_________ 7. Biological and Physical Sciences (4) _______________
(with laboratory – 4 units)
_________ 8. Biological and Physical Sciences (3/4) _____________
(with or without laboratory – 3 or 4 units)
Category III: WRITING IN A CHOSEN FIELD (3 units)
_________ 9. Advanced Writing Seminar
(BUSX 301 or ENGL 317 recommended)
Category IV: PERSPECTIVES (15 units)
One course under Perspectives must be taken in a discipline in the arts
and humanities, different from the discipline in requirement
5.
One course under Perspectives must be taken in a discipline in the social
and behavioral sciences, different from the discipline in requirement
6.
_________ 10. Metropolitan Perspectives ______________________
_________ 11. The United States as a Nation ___________________
_________ 12. Global Perspectives ___________________________
_________ 13. Diversity and Difference _______________________
_________ 14. Ethical Issues and Perspectives _________________
Graduation – Earned Units Required:
Minimum of 120 units: Earned _________ Enrolled ________ Need ______
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