ECON Core: 18 hours

• ECON 2000 Survey of Economics (3 hours)
• ECON 3000 Basic Economic Modelling (3 hours)
• ECON 3020 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 hours)
• ECON 3030 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 hours)
• 3000-level or 4000-level ECON elective (3 hours)
• 3000-level or 4000-level ECON elective (3 hours)
• ECON 4000 Assessment Exam (0 hours)

Major Requirements: 23 hours

• 3000-level or 4000-level ECON elective (3 hours)
• ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting (3 hours)
• ACCT 2025 Managerial Accounting (3 hours)
• BUSN 2750 Introduction to Statistics (3 hours)
• FINC 3210 Principles of Finance (3 hours)
• MATH 1480 Precalculus (3 hours)
  or One additional ECON or FINC elective at the 3000-level or 4000-level (3 hours)
• MATH 1610 Calculus I (5 hours)

Walker School Professional Development Classes: 3 hours

• WSBT 2000 Career Exploration (1 hour)
• WSBT 2300 Personal Branding (1 hour)
• WSBT 2700 Career Management Strategies (1 hour)

To meet the demands of today’s business student, Webster offers an economics “flex track” program that allows you the flexibility and variety to shape the degree to fit your unique interests. While all economics majors take core classes in basic and advanced microeconomics and macroeconomics, Webster’s unique program allows you to choose advanced courses that match your interests, whether it is money and banking, economic development, sports economics, international trade, labor economics, public sector economics, urban and regional economics, comparative economic systems or the history of economic thought. All economics majors then complete their degree by choosing courses from one of three tracks: mathematical economics, business economics or liberal arts economics.

• The student will demonstrate familiarity with the primary measures of economic performance (GDP, Price Level, Unemployment).
• The student will demonstrate proficiency in the use of the primary economic models (ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Solow, Consumer Choice Theory, Price Optimization, Cournot Reaction Functions, Edgeworth Box and Game Theory).
• The student will demonstrate familiarity with basic financial concepts.
• The student will demonstrate proficiency with the application of the Time Value of Money.
• The student will demonstrate proficiency in the use of basic differential calculus to solve production or consumer optimization problems.
• The student will demonstrate proficiency in the interpretation of statistical information related to economic or financial data.

You can get a Minor in Economics with 18 hours of required ECON classes at Webster University.

Learning Outcomes

• The student will demonstrate familiarity with the primary measures of economic performance (GDP, Price Level, Unemployment).
• The student will demonstrate proficiency in the use of the primary economic models (ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Solow, Consumer Choice Theory, Price Optimization, Cournot Reaction Functions, Edgeworth Box and Game Theory).

Required Courses

• ECON 2000 Survey of Economics (3 hours)
• ECON 3000 Basic Economic Modelling (3 hours)
• ECON 3020 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 hours)
• ECON 3030 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 hours)
• 3000-level or 4000-level ECON elective (3 hours)
• 3000-level or 4000-level ECON elective (3 hours)
• ECON 4000 Assessment Exam (0 hours)