Economics Programs 2024-2025 Edition

Applied Economics Major

An economic education provides students with an opportunity to understand the most complex and important aspects of modern societies and design solutions to tackle issues including climate change, the lack of economic opportunity and unemployment, food and water security, government accountability and transparency, poverty, and inequality, among many other pressing socio-economic issues.  

“Thinking like an economist” requires analytical and quantitative skills and the ability to identify economic issues and problems while framing issues in ways other people do not see. This way of reasoning also means devising policy proposals for addressing problems and analyzing both the intended and unintended effects and consequences of these policies.

The Economics Department offers a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Applied Economics (BSAE). The BSAE requires 30 credit hours of coursework including a core set of economics courses that prepares students to conduct applied real world analytical work, and a set of electives that allows students to pursue their passion and career interests while bridging liberal arts, business, and a variety of attractive professional careers.

The BSAE equips students with conceptual models of behavior to predict how businesses and individuals respond to market and policy changes while ensuring that graduates develop unique data literacy skills that encompasses advanced econometric and data analysis tools to enable students to analyze and quantify economic relationships.

A major in economics develops students’ competence to reason logically, quantitatively, and analytically about a wide range of problems that apply to individuals on their day-to-day lives, businesses, governments, and global markets. While economists are recognized for advising the President and the Congress on economic issues, economics majors find rewarding careers in diverse fields such as banking and finance, consulting, management, market research, sales, insurance, real estate, health care administration, and law or public administration. In addition, a degree in economics is an excellent preparation for acceptance into various graduate programs.

Applied Economics Major Objectives

Students in the Applied Economics major will:

  • Demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving skills in an economic context.
  • Analyze the economic role of markets and government.
  • Understand and debate social, political and current economic issues.
  • Analyze global and international economic issues.
  • Conduct quantitative economic data analysis and research.

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 An Applied Economics Major Degree Requirements:

 
Applied Economics Major Requirements
Required Courses:
ECO 210Research Methods in Economics 13
ECO 313Intermediate Microeconomics3
ECO 314Intermediate Macroeconomics3
ECO 315Econometrics3
ECO 490Econ Capstone: Consulting Data Analysis3
Applied Economics Elective Courses
Select three of the following: 2
ECO 201Money and Banking3
ECO 213Economics of Social Issues3
ECO 310Mathematical Economics3
ECO 340Sports Economics3
ECO 350America and the Free Market3
ECO 363Industrial Organization: American Industry3
ECO 364Industrial Organization: Government and Business3
ECO 367Economic Development3
ECO 391Economics Internship3
ECO 393Managerial Economics3
ECO 397Directed Study in Economics3
ECO 413Applied Microeconomics: Case Studies3
ECO 414Big Data: Solving Socio-Economic and Business Issues3
ECO 415Applied Econometrics for Business and Policy3
ECO 440Machine Learning Applied to Economics3
ECO 445Experimental Economics3
ECO 461Environmental Economics3
ECO 462Public Finance3
ECO 463Labor Economics3
ECO 464Behavioral Economics and Applications3
ECO 471International Trade3
ECO 473Economics of Health and Medical Care3
ECO 480Economic Growth Policy and Practice3
ECO 481The Fed Challenge3
ECO 497Directed Study in Economics3
Business Minor Requirement
Electives
1

Applied Economics Majors must take ECO 210 before ECO 315.

2

At least 1 elective at the 400-level

3

ECO 113 and ECO 114 are counted toward the 30 credit Applied Economics major requirements.

A minimum of 30 credit hours is required for the major.

A minimum 122 credit hours required for graduation

Economics Concentration Requirements

Economics Concentration Requirements

ECO 313Intermediate Microeconomics3
ECO 314Intermediate Macroeconomics3
ECO 315Econometrics3
Economics Electives: 1
Select three (9 credits) of the following:
ECO 201Money and Banking3
ECO 210Research Methods in Economics3
ECO 213Economics of Social Issues3
ECO 310Mathematical Economics3
ECO 340Sports Economics3
ECO 350America and the Free Market3
ECO 363Industrial Organization: American Industry3
ECO 364Industrial Organization: Government and Business3
ECO 367Economic Development3
ECO 391Economics Internship3
ECO 393Managerial Economics3
ECO 397Directed Study in Economics3
ECO 413Applied Microeconomics: Case Studies3
ECO 414Big Data: Solving Socio-Economic and Business Issues3
ECO 415Applied Econometrics for Business and Policy3
ECO 440Machine Learning Applied to Economics3
ECO 445Experimental Economics3
ECO 450Current Affairs of East Asian Economy3
ECO 461Environmental Economics3
ECO 462Public Finance3
ECO 463Labor Economics3
ECO 464Behavioral Economics and Applications3
ECO 471International Trade3
ECO 473Economics of Health and Medical Care3
ECO 480Economic Growth Policy and Practice3
ECO 481The Fed Challenge3
ECO 497Directed Study in Economics3

 A minimum of 18 credit hours is required for the concentration.

1

Must include one 400 level elective

Economics Minor Requirements

ECO 313Intermediate Microeconomics3
ECO 314Intermediate Macroeconomics3
One economics course at any level (ECO 210 recommended)3
One 400-level economics course3

A minimum of 12 credit hours is required for the minor.