Sports Economics Minor

Sports Economics Minor Requirements

20 credits including:

ECON 210PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS4
ECON 411INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS4
or ECON 412 INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS
Three of the following five courses: 112
ECON 321
ECONOMICS OF SPORTS
ECON 322
ECONOMICS OF COLLEGE SPORTS
ECON 323
TOPICS IN SPORTS ECONOMICS
ECON 411
INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS 2
ECON 412
INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS 2
Total Credits20

Other courses for minor

MATH 160FINITE MATHEMATICS WITH CALCULUS4-5
or MATH 170 CALCULUS I
1

Appropriately themed ECON 398 may be substituted with departmental chair approval.

2

ECON 411 and ECON 412 can only count toward the 12 elective credits if not completed as a required course.

Departmental Quantitative Advisory and Requirement Advisory

Students enrolling in economics courses must demonstrate the following quantitative prerequisites:

  1. To enroll in PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (ECON 210) a student is strongly advised to have done one of the following:
    1. completed a high school mathematics course sequence covering material equivalent to FINITE MATHEMATICS WITH CALCULUS (MATH 160); or
    2. completed or be simultaneously enrolled in FINITE MATHEMATICS WITH CALCULUS (MATH 160) or CALCULUS I (MATH 170), or the equivalent.
  2. To enroll in INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS (ECON 411) or INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS (ECON 412), a student must:
    1. complete FINITE MATHEMATICS WITH CALCULUS (MATH 160) or CALCULUS I (MATH 170) or the equivalent with a grade above a C-.

Departmental Policy on Prerequisites

The Economics Department presumes that students will have taken the applicable prerequisite(s) when registering for courses. However, all courses have the option of “consent of instructor.” Prerequisites will be waived only when the instructor and the department chair deem that a student’s background render the applicable prerequisite(s) unnecessary.