The Bachelor of Arts in Economics major provides valuable training for students interested in general management positions, public sector careers or attending law school or graduate school in the social sciences. You’ll have the opportunity to choose between electives in poverty and discrimination, public finance and international economics.
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Pre-requisites: one of the following: MATH 142, MATH 161, HONS 161 or MATH 200 with a grade ≥C.
An introduction to decision making in the business environment using statistical and data analysis procedures. Computer software is used extensively. Written communication skills are emphasized as a means to incorporate analysis results into the decision making process. Topical coverage includes discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing.
Cross-listed: AAST 324, GWSS 324.
Notes: ECON 100, or ECON 200, or ECON 201 can be substituted for the junior standing prerequisite with instructor approval.
Pre-requisites: junior standing.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity.
Causes of poverty and evaluation of anti-poverty programs. Examines economic theories of discrimination from different perspectives with a particular focus on issues of gender and race.
Pre-requisites: ECON 100 and ECON 200; or ECON 100 and ECON 201; or ECON 200 and ECON 201; or instructor permission.
Reviews contemporary US banking practices and regulations; surveys theories of interest rates and bank behavior; surveys monetary policies and determinants and effects of Federal Reserve policies.
Pre-requisites: ECON 100; or ECON 200; or ECON 201; or instructor permission.
Environmental Economics studies the economics of public policy toward the environment. It applies theoretical tools of economics to analyze environmental concerns relevant to society. The course introduces students to policy tools that could be implemented to mitigate or solve these issues.