2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Business Economics: Concentration in Human Resource Management [BUSE/HRM]

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The increased realization of the importance and diversity of the employees of an organization is captured in the concentration in human resource management. For more information about this program, contact the Economics Department .

Career Potential

Affirmative action officer
Compensation analyst
Benefits administrator
Human resource manager

A. Required Core in Economics: 21 credit hours

Note: A minimum grade of C- in the foundational classes (ECO 105, ECO 110 and ECO 111) is required for all economics and business economics majors before taking upper-level courses that require any of these foundational classes as prerequisites.

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 111 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 221 - Economic Statistics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 301 - Economics of the Firm (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 352 - Finance (3 cr. hr.)

Select One:

ECO 222 - Mathematical Economics (3 cr. hr.)
or
MAT 121 - Calculus A (3 cr. hr.)
and
MAT 122 - Calculus B (3 cr. hr.)

B. Required Core in Management: 18 credit hours

CAP 100 - Introduction to Computer Applications (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 250 - Principles of Management (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 254 - Principles of Accounting I (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 423 - Computer Applications in Economics and Management (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 454 - Strategic Management (3 cr. hr.)

Select one of the following:

Note: ECO 385 cannot be used to fulfill this requirement if already taken as a Human Resource Management concentration elective.

ECO 385 - Human Resource Management (3 cr. hr.)
or
MGT 253 - Principles of Marketing (3 cr. hr.)

C. Elective Courses: 12 credit hours selected from the following:

ECO 325 - Political Economy of Women (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 326 - Political Economy of Race and Class (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 383 - Labor Economics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 385 - Human Resource Management (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 401 - Co-op Education/Internship in Economics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 421 - Econometrics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 482 - Labor Market Analysis (3 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120

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