Emphasis - Law and Economics
B.S. in Economics
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
Course Requirements
The B.S. in economics will require 42 hours of course work, including Econ 202, 203, 398, 399, 402, 403, and 24 hours of economics courses at the 300 level or above, six of which must be at the 500 level. Students must also complete Math 261 or 271; 262, and 375. (Math 267, 268 may not be substituted.)
Other Academic Requirements
Students enrolled in the B.S. program will be required to complete an additional 18 hours of course work in the related subjects of mathematics (which may include Math 261 or 271, 262, and 375 but not Math 267, 268), finance, political science, and computer science.
Emphasis - Law and Economics
Description
The purpose of the law and economics emphasis is to provide students with a well-rounded education at the intersection of economics and the law in order to prepare the students for law school. The emphasis provides students with tools of economic analysis that allow them to predict the effects of particular legal rules, to explain why particular legal rules exist, and to analyze whether particular legal rules should exist. In addition, the emphasis provides students with the economic tools and institutional knowledge to examine various aspects of the legal system, torts, contracts, property rights, the economics of litigation, antitrust law, and regulation.
Course Requirements
Students must complete the following 6 credit hours:
- Econ 307. Applied Price Theory
- Econ 312. Law and Economics
Students must also complete 9 credit hours from the following list of courses:
- Econ 313. Advanced Law and Economics
- Econ 324. Experimental Economics
- Econ 401. Government and Business
- Econ 410. Financial Economics
- Econ 417. Labor Economics
- Econ 503. Industrial Organization
- Econ 505. Public Finance
- Econ 507. Economics of the Family
- Econ 545. Game Theory and Strategic Thinking
- Econ 550. Contract Theory