Economics (BS)
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
| First-Year Writing I | ||
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| First-Year Writing II | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| Select six hours of Literature Survey of the following: | 6 | |
| Survey in Literary History | ||
| Survey of World Literature to 1650 | ||
| Survey of World Literature since 1650 | ||
| Survey of American Lit to the Civil War | ||
| Survey of American Lit since Civil War | ||
| Survey of British Lit to 18th Century | ||
| Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period | ||
| Select three hours of fine arts from the following: 1,2 | 3 | |
Art history | ||
Music | ||
Dance | ||
Theatre Arts | ||
| Introduction to the Fine Arts | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Introduction to Music Literature | ||
| Fundamentals of Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Introduction to World Music Cultures | ||
| Music Theory and Analysis I | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Appreciation of the Theatre | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| Select two courses of laboratory science | 6-8 | |
| Select 12 hours of Social Sciences & Humanities courses of the following: 3 | 12 | |
African American studies | ||
American Sign Language | ||
Anthropology | ||
Classical civilizaion | ||
Economics | ||
| Humanities and the Environment | ||
Gender Studies | ||
Greek | ||
History | ||
Latin | ||
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
Linguistics | ||
any of the languages offered by the Department of Modern Languages | ||
Philosophy | ||
Political science | ||
Psychology | ||
Religious Studies | ||
Sociology | ||
Southern Studies | ||
any 3-credit SPCH, RHET, or WRIT at the 2000-level or higher | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Select 12 hours of Social Science of the following: | 12 | |
Anthropology | ||
Economics | ||
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisc Social Science | ||
Political Science | ||
Psychology | ||
Sociology | ||
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 48-50 | |
- 1
Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
- 2
Students who have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate course work may fulfill the requirement with a 300- or 400-level art history course.
- 3
At least six hours must be chosen from among the social sciences, which consist of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology.
General Education II
- Related subjects residence
- Students must complete at least 6 of the required 18 hours of related subject course work in residence.
- Related subjects residence GPA
- Student must acheive a GPA of 2.00 in resident hours in related subjects.
- Related subjects
- Students must complete an additional 18 hours of course work in the related subjects of mathematics (which may include MATH 2611 Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry I or MATH 2711 Calculus of Decision Making I, MATH 2612 Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry II, and MATH 3750 Introduction to Statistics I but not MATH 2511 Calculus for Business, Econ., & Accy. I, MATH 2512 Calculus for Business, Econ., & Accy. II), finance, political science, and computer science.
- Related subject GPA
- Student must achieve a GPA of 2.00 overall in the related subjects.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 2020 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 2030 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 3980 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 3990 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 4020 | Econometrics | 3 |
| ECON 4030 | Mathematical Economics | 3 |
| Select 18 additional hours of Econ courses at the 3000+ level. | 18 | |
| Select six additional hours of Econ courses at the 5000+ level | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 42 | |
Economics Residency Hours
Students must earn at least 18 hours of their major courses in residence.
Overall Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Resident Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Major Requirements II
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MATH 2611 | Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry I | 3 |
| or MATH 2711 | Calculus of Decision Making I | |
| MATH 2612 | Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry II | 3 |
| MATH 3750 | Introduction to Statistics I | 3 |
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Emphasis - Financial Economics
Description
The purpose of the financial economics emphasis is to provide a well-rounded background in monetary and financial institutions as well as the various different types of financial instruments that populate modern financial markets. The emphasis will teach students about corporate finance, portfolio theory, and asset pricing. It will help students to develop quantitative economic reasoning and help prepare them for a career in policy, banking, and research.
Degree Requirements
Complete 15 hrs of Econ with a passing grade chosen from the following:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 3030 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| ECON 3690 | Bitcoin and Monetary Economics | 3 |
| ECON 4020 | Econometrics | 3 |
| ECON 4090 | Computational Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 4100 | Financial Economics | 3 |
| ECON 4110 | Asset Pricing | 3 |
| ECON 4120 | Financial Econometrics | 3 |
| ECON 4250 | American Financial History | 3 |
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.
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 3120 | Law and Economics | 3 |
| ECON 3070 | Applied Price Theory | 3 |
| Select an additional nine hours of Econ courses chosen from the following: | 9 | |
| Advanced Law and Economics | ||
| Experimental Economics | ||
| Government and Business | ||
| Financial Economics | ||
| Labor Economics | ||
| Industrial Organization | ||
| Public Finance | ||
| Economics of the Family | ||
| Game Theory and Strategic Thinking | ||
| Contract Theory | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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 2611 Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry I or MATH 2711 Calculus of Decision Making I, MATH 2612 Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry II, and MATH 3750 Introduction to Statistics I but not MATH 2511 Calculus for Business, Econ., & Accy. I, MATH 2512 Calculus for Business, Econ., & Accy. II), finance, political science, and computer science.