The Economics minor is 20 credits, requiring introductory ECON 200 and 201 and any other 10 upper-division economics credit. The minor supports careers that encounter economic concepts and topics such as law, public administration, finance, and accounting. In the minor, you’ll get a robust introduction to 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.
Cross-listed: AAST 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; or ECON 200; or ECON 201.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
Development prospects of present-day underdeveloped countries. Historical development of industrial countries by analogy. Attention given to both economic and non-economic factors in the development process and to population problems and human resource development.