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The College of Business provides quality business education, delivered by research engaged faculty in partnership with the business community, to prepare students for professional careers and enhance regional economic development. The COB has the distinction of being one of a handful of business schools across the country with two economic development outreach units housed within the college. The Institute of Economic Advancement (IEA) and the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) play important roles in advancing economic, entrepreneurial, and other business-critical services across the state.

The Economics and Finance Department in the College of Business offers both an Economics major and Finance major, as well as minors in Economics, Finance, Personal Finance, and Real Estate.

Economics is the study of people in the ordinary business of life. Economists study how individuals make decisions, how businesses and governments interact, and how decisions made on the other side of globe affect everyday life close to home. The knowledge and skills gained while earning a bachelor’s degree in economics will prepare you for careers in finance, law, business and government.

Economics Educational Objectives

Students completing the economics degree should accomplish the following educational objectives:

Understand, explain, and identify how markets work with respect to the determination of prices, quantities, and allocation of resources.

Collect economic data and be able to analyze and forecast economic activity.

List various supply and demand shocks and identify how they affect economic activity in a complete, traditional macroeconomic model.

Understand models of economic growth.

Understand and be able to differentiate between market structures and explain their implications for pricing, output, and efficiency issues.

Understand and explain the theory of the firm including, but not limited to, pricing, optimal input mix, and marginal analysis.

Major (75 hours)

General-business Courses (21 hours)

MATH 1342 Business Calculus

ACCT 2310 Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 2330 Principles of Accounting II

ECON 2310 Business Statistics I

ECON 2322 Principles of Microeconomics

ECON 2323 Principles of Macroeconomics

MKTG 2380 Legal Environment of Business