USM B.A. Degree in Economics

USM Economics Student Academic Advisement Session WORKSHEET

FOR USE IN PREPARATION FOR STUDENT / FACULTY ACADEMIC ADVISING SESSIONS


The program requirements listed on this worksheet are valid ONLY for students who MATRICULATED BEGINNING
with the USM FALL 2003 through FALL 2008 Catalog editions. Students who MATRICULATED or are otherwise BOUND BY
a USM catalog edition OUTSIDE the FALL 2003 - FALL 2008 INTERVAL should reference their REQUIREMENT TERM
CATALOG EDITION for specific program requirements when using this worksheet. To find out what USM Catalog
edition you are currently bound by, sign in to the Student Center within MaineStreet at the following URL address:
https://peportal.maine.edu/psp/PAPRD89/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=PAPP_GUEST, or view your
USM Academic Advisement Report within MaineStreet by signing in to the Student Center at the following URL
address: https://peportal.maine.edu/psp/PAPRD89/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=PAPP_GUEST. USM Catalog editions
are published at the beginning of each academic year, in the FALL. Previous editions of the USM Catalog are held in the
Special Collections / University Archives, located on the sixth floor of the Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library, Portland.
A photo ID is required to access the USM catalogs, and the Reading Room hours during which these materials are made
available for your use are posted at the following URL: http://library.usm.maine.edu/specialcollections/hours.html.

To be eligible for a degree, a student must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours, which includes fulfilling all requirements for the major listed in the USM Catalog edition under which you matriculated, and the University Core curriculum requirements associated with your catalog edition. This worksheet is designed to assist the student in planning and tracking progression through the major, and to prepare for a Faculty Academic Advising Session with the students' Faculty Academic Advisor. For your Economics Faculty Academic Advisor contact information, please visit the following URL address: http://www.usm.maine.edu/eco/fac1.html. (If you do not know who your Faculty Academic Advisor is, you may find out by signing in to the Student Center within MaineStreet. All USM continuing Economics majors are required to complete the following steps using this worksheet (NEWLY ADMITTED USM STUDENTS WILL NOT have a USM Academic Advisement Report within MaineStreet:

Step 1: USM continuing Economics majors should obtain a current copy of your USM Academic Advisement Report through the Student Center within MaineStreet, as well as a copy of your current semester course schedule that you may obtain through the Student Center within MaineStreet (if necessary, the USM Registrar's Office or USM Advising Services can assist newly admitted USM students who need a copy of their current semester course schedule from MaineStreet) and check off the appropriate boxes on this worksheet corresponding to completed courses on your USM Academic Advisement Report and/or current semester course schedule from MaineStreet, as appropriate. When an entire section of this worksheet is complete, check off the box next to the section heading.

Step 2: After grades are posted at the end of each semester, to prepare for a future Faculty Academic Advising Session with their Faculty Academic Advisor, and to facilitate updates to this worksheet, students should continue to record their academic progress on this worksheet.

Step 3: Students are required to contact their Faculty Academic Advisor directly to arrange an Early Registration Faculty / Student Academic Advising Session before registering for classes. For your Economics Faculty Academic Advisor contact information, please visit the following URL address: http://www.usm.maine.edu/eco/fac1.html

Step 4: Students are required to bring an update printed copy of this worksheet to their Faculty Academic Advising Session, at which time the students' Faculty Academic Advisor will provide the student with a PIN, which is required for students to register for courses at USM prior to Open Registration periods.

(To access current course prerequisite information and relevant course descriptions for the course numbers on listed on this worksheet, search for the course number within MaineStreet or within the relevant PDF files of the USM Undergraduate Catalog.

USM B.A. Economics Curriculum (57 or more credits)

Major Prerequisites (6 credits)
   COURSE #  COURSE TITLE  NOTES
 ECO 101J  Introduction to Macroeconomics  
 ECO 102J  Introduction to Microeconomics  

Major Requirements (9 credits)
   COURSE #  COURSE TITLE  NOTES
 ECO 301  Intermediate Macroeconomics  
 ECO 302  Intermediate Microeconomics  
 ECO 303W  Political Economy  

Other Requirements (18 or more credits) Select one (1) of the following courses:
   COURSE #  COURSE TITLE  NOTES
 MAT 120D  Introduction to Statistics  
 MAT 380  Probability and Statistics
 

Select one (1) of the following courses:
   COURSE #  COURSE TITLE  NOTES
 ECO 305  Research Methods in Economics
 
 MAT 105D  Mathematics for Quantitative Decision Making  
 MAT 108  College Algebra  (formerly MAT 100)
 MAT 140D  Pre-Calculus Mathematics  
 MAT 145  Discrete Mathematics I  (formerly MAT 107)
 MAT 152D  Calculus A  
 MAT 153  Calculus B  
(Students who select ECO 305 under Other Requirements cannot also use that course to satisfy a Major Elective requirement.)

Select three (3) of the following courses:
   COURSE #  COURSE TITLE  NOTES
 ANT 101J  Anthropology: The Cultural View  
 GEO 101J  Human Geography  
 POS 101J  Introduction to American Government  
 POS 104J  Introduction to International Relations  
 SOC 100J  Introduction to Sociology  


Other Requirements (continued from Page 2):

Select one (1) of the following courses:
   COURSE #  COURSE TITLE  NOTES
 ECO 103E  Critical Thinking About Economic Issues  
 PHI 110E  Introduction to Philosophy: Gender and Society  
 PHI 111E  Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophical Reading
 (and Writing)		  
 PHI 112E/W  Introduction to Philosophy: Feminist Perspectives  a writing-intensive course
 SOC 210E/W  Critical Thinking About Social Issues  a writing-intensive course

Major Electives (24 or more credits) Select eight (8) of the following courses:
(a maximum of three (3) courses from departments other than Economics may be used)
   COURSE #  COURSE TITLE  NOTES
 ECO 220I  U.S. Economic and Labor History  
 ECO 305  Research Methods in Economics
 
 ECO 310  Money and Banking  
 ECO 312  U.S. Economic Policy  
 ECO 315  Economic Development  
 ECO 316  Case Studies in International Development  
 ECO 321  Understanding Contemporary Capitalism  
 ECO 322  Economics of Women and Work  
 ECO 323  U.S. Labor and Employment Relations  
 ECO 324  The Healthcare Workforce Crisis  
 ECO 325  Industrial Organization  
 ECO 326  Environmental Economics  
 ECO 327  Natural Resource Economics  
 ECO 330  Urban Economics  
 ECO 333  Economics and Happiness  
 ECO 335  The Political Economy of Food  
 ECO 340  History of Economic Thought  
 ECO 350  Comparative Economic Systems  
 ECO 370  International Economics  
 ECO 380  Public Finance and Fiscal Policy  

Major Electives (continued from Page 3):

  ECO 381  State and Local Public Finance  
 ECO 399  Special Topics in Economics  
 ECO 450  Readings in Economics  
 ECO 490  Independent Readings and Research in Economics  
 BUS 260  Marketing
 (formerly BUS 360)
 BUS 335  International Business
 
 CRM 216  White-Collar Crime  
 FIN 330  International Financial Management
 (formerly BUS 330)
 GEO 303  Economic Geography
 
 MAT 252  Calculus C  
 MAT 290  Foundations of Mathematics  
 MAT 295  Linear Algebra  
 POS 340  The Politics of Developing Nations
 
 POS 365  Environmental Politics and Policy
 
 SWO 350  Social Welfare Policy
 
 WST 365  Topics in Women, Gender, and Institutions II  
 WST 465  Topics in Women, Gender, and Institutions III  

University Core Curriculum

Minimum Proficiency Requirements
 
AREA
 DESCRIPTION  NOTES
A
  Writing Proficiency (prerequisite for Area C)  
B
  Mathematics Proficiency (prerequisite for Area D)  

Basic Competence These requirements MUST be completed before a student completes 60 credits.
 
AREA
 DESCRIPTION  NOTES
C
  English Composition  
D
  Quantitative Decision Making  
E
  Skills of Analysis/Philosophy  
W
  Writing-intensive (may also carry another letter designation)  

Core Curriculum (continued from Page 4):

Methods of Inquiry/Ways of Knowing

 
AREA
 DESCRIPTION  NOTES
F
  Performance Centered Fine Arts (different department from Area G)  
G
  History Centered Fine Arts (different department from Area F)  
H
  Literature (different prefix from Area I)  
I
  Other Times/Other Cultures (different prefix from Area H)  
J*
  Social Science (different department from other Area J)  NOT an ECO course
J*
  Social Science (different department from other Area J)  NOT an ECO course
K
  Natural Science -- Lecture  (3-credits)
K
  Natural Science -- Lab (must correspond to Area K Lecture)  (1-credit )
*Students may not take an Economics course to satisfy this requirement.

n.b. Only one (1) course carrying the prefix ECO can be used to satisfy both Core curriculum and Economics Major Requirements.

Elimination of the COR-prefixed Interdisciplinary requirement of the Core Curriculum, i.e., a COR course, is in effect for all undergraduate degree candidates regardless of matriculation date.



The University catalog states,

"There can be no more than one overlap between the courses a student takes to fulfill the Core curriculum requirements and the courses that count toward the student's major. "Overlap" is defined in terms of each course's three-letter prefix (e.g., ENG, SOC, WST); that is, a student may take only one course toward the Core that has the prefix of the student's major. (The overlapping Core course may itself also count toward the major or it may just share a prefix with the major.)"

"For all baccalaureate degrees at the University, a minimum of 30 credit hours including at least 9 hours in the major field, must be completed while registered in the school or college from which the degree is sought (15 credit hours for associate degree programs). A student may earn no more than six of these credit hours at another campus of the University of Maine System. Unless special permission is granted by the dean of the school or college concerned to pursue work elsewhere, the work of the senior or final year must be completed at this University." The College of Arts and Sciences considers the last 30 credits as a student's senior or final year.

"In addition to the minimum requirements of 120 credits for a baccalaureate degree and 60 credits for an associate degree, a candidate must (a) receive passing grades in courses required by the University, the school or college, and the major department; (b) accumulate the number of credit hours required by the school or college in which the student is registered; (c) achieve an accumulative average of not less than 2.00; (d) meet the requirements of the major department; (e) complete an Application for Degree form with the Office of the Registrar at the beginning of the semester of graduation. Responsibility for successfully completing the requirements of the program resides with the student."


[ Online Academic Advisement Worksheet created and maintained by: Shirley Cote          Last Worksheet Update / Printing: 5/4/2009 ]

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