Economics Programs
Business Economics Major
The Business Economics program at Bryant University combines experiential learning, AI applications, and data analytics to equip students with essential skills for the modern economy. This major provides a deep understanding of economic environments that shape business operations, enabling students to analyze market conditions and guide decision-making processes. The curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, quantitative analysis, and strategic problem-solving, preparing students to tackle complex business challenges.
Through a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical application, students develop expertise in decision-making, economic modeling, and data-driven insights, empowering them to communicate and present actionable recommendations effectively. Graduates of the Business Economics program are well-positioned for high-demand careers in consulting, market analysis, finance, banking, healthcare, real estate, and beyond.
Program Learning Objectives: graduates of the program will be able to:
- Demonstrate critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills in an economic context.
- Analyze the economic roles of markets and government.
- Understand, interpret, and debate contemporary social, political, and international economic issues.
- Conduct quantitative data analysis and research.
- Use economic theory to provide insights into how organizations can make decisions to best achieve their goals.
- Analyze the macroeconomy and market conditions in a business context.
Economics Concentration
Students can pursue an 18-credit concentration. Students must have a primary concentration in the College of Business or a major in the College of Arts and Sciences in order to complete a concentration in Economics. Developing an expertise in economics provides students with valuable skills that can be used in conjunction with business and liberal arts disciplines. Bryant’s concentration and minor in economics stress the interdisciplinary implications of economics. Analytical techniques encouraging critical thinking are used in conjunction with economic theory to interpret a plethora of economic issues and events. Economics concentration is of particular interest for those students who plan to complement their chosen concentration in one of the areas in business and other liberal arts concentrations. The option of double concentration usually will not require taking extra courses.
Economics Minor
Students can pursue a 12-credit minor in Economics. Developing an expertise in economics provides students with valuable skills that can be used in conjunction with business and liberal arts disciplines. Bryant’s concentration and minor in economics stress the interdisciplinary implications of economics. Analytical techniques encouraging critical thinking are used in conjunction with economic theory to interpret a plethora of economic issues and events.
Bachelor of Science with a major in Business Economics Degree Requirements:
Bachelor of Science Degree: Business Economics major Requirements:
Required Courses: | ||
ECO 113 | Microeconomic Principles | 3 |
ECO 114 | Macroeconomic Principles | 3 |
ECO 210 | Research Methods in Economics | 3 |
ECO 313 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
ECO 314 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECO 490 | Econ Capstone: Consulting Data Analysis | 3 |
Students must pick four electives from the list below. One must be at the 400 level. Pick three others but only two at most can be from the identified Business Elective Courses. | ||
ECO 201 | Money and Banking | 3 |
ECO 315 | Econometrics | 3 |
ECO 316 | Strategic Game Theory and Applications | 3 |
ECO 340 | Sports Economics | 3 |
ECO 350 | America and the Free Market | 3 |
ECO 363 | Industrial Organization: American Industry | 3 |
ECO 393 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
ECO 414 | Big Data: Solving Socio-Economic and Business Issues | 3 |
ECO 440 | Machine Learning Applied to Economics | 3 |
ECO 463 | Labor Economics | 3 |
ECO 464 | Behavioral Economics and Applications | 3 |
ECO 471 | International Trade | 3 |
ECO 473 | Economics of Health and Medical Care | 3 |
ECO 481 | The Fed Challenge | 3 |
MATH 350 | Statistics II | 3 |
Business Elective: | ||
ACG 203 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
ACG 204 | Principles Managerial Accounting | 3 |
FIN 201 | Financial Management | 3 |
ISA 201 | Introduction to Information Technology and Analytics | 3 |
LGLS 211 | The Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
MGT 200 | Management Principles and Practice | 3 |
MGT 201 | Operations Management | 3 |
MKT 201 | Foundations of Marketing Management | 3 |
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Courses Cannot Be Double Counted Towards Your Minor Requirement
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Students enrolled in the Business Economics major that are also completing a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, will be required to take two ECO Elective courses to complete the major and cannot double count Business Elective courses towards the major requirement.
A minimum of 30 credits are required for the Major.
A minimum of 120 credits is requirement for the Degree.
Economics Concentration Requirements
Economics Concentration Requirements
ECO 313 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
ECO 314 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECO 315 | Econometrics | 3 |
Economics Electives: 1 | ||
Select three (9 credits) of the following: | ||
ECO 201 | Money and Banking | 3 |
ECO 210 | Research Methods in Economics | 3 |
ECO 213 | Economics of Social Issues | 3 |
ECO 310 | Mathematical Economics | 3 |
ECO 340 | Sports Economics | 3 |
ECO 350 | America and the Free Market | 3 |
ECO 363 | Industrial Organization: American Industry | 3 |
ECO 364 | Industrial Organization: Government and Business | 3 |
ECO 367 | Economic Development | 3 |
ECO 391 | Economics Internship | 3 |
ECO 393 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
ECO 397 | Directed Study in Economics | 3 |
ECO 413 | Applied Microeconomics: Case Studies | 3 |
ECO 414 | Big Data: Solving Socio-Economic and Business Issues | 3 |
ECO 415 | Applied Econometrics for Business and Policy | 3 |
ECO 440 | Machine Learning Applied to Economics | 3 |
ECO 445 | Experimental Economics | 3 |
ECO 450 | Current Affairs of East Asian Economy | 3 |
ECO 461 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
ECO 462 | Public Finance | 3 |
ECO 463 | Labor Economics | 3 |
ECO 464 | Behavioral Economics and Applications | 3 |
ECO 471 | International Trade | 3 |
ECO 473 | Economics of Health and Medical Care | 3 |
ECO 480 | Economic Growth Policy and Practice | 3 |
ECO 481 | The Fed Challenge | 3 |
ECO 497 | Directed Study in Economics | 3 |
A minimum of 18 credit hours is required for the concentration.
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Must include one 400 level elective
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