B.S. Degree in Economics

STUDENT DEGREE AUDIT WORKSHEET

FOR STUDENT/FACULTY ADVISING SESSION

The program requirements listed on this worksheet are valid only for students who MATRICULATED BEGINNING
with the USM 2003/2004 Catalog or SUBSEQUENT editions
.
Students who MATRICULATED or are otherwise BOUND BY A USM CATALOG EDITION PRIOR TO FALL 2003
should reference that earlier catalog edition for specific program requirements when using this worksheet.
To find out what USM Catalog edition you are currently bound by, check your USM Degree Audit through WebDSIS.
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 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. This worksheet is designed to assist the student in planning and tracking progression through the major, and to prepare for an advising session with the students' faculty advisor. (If you do not know who your faculty advisor is, you may find out by checking your USM Academic Program through WebDSIS.) All students in the major are required to complete the following steps using this worksheet:

Step 1: Obtain current copies of your USM Academic History and USM Degree Audit through WebDSIS, and check off the appropriate boxes on this worksheet for courses completed. When an entire section is completed, 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 advising session with their faculty advisor and to facilitate updates to this worksheet, students should obtain a USM Academic History and a USM Degree Audit through WebDSIS, and repeat the process in Step 1, using this worksheet.

Step 3: Students are required to contact their faculty advisor directly to arrange an advising session before registering for classes.

Step 4: Students are required to bring an updated printed copy of this worksheet, a printed copy of their current USM Academic History, and a printed copy of their current USM Degree Audit (obtained in Step 1 or Step 2) to their faculty advising session, at which time the student will be issued a RAN for advance registration.

(All course numbers on this worksheet are are linked electronically to the USM Catalog course description,
which contains relevant course prerequisite information.)

Economics B.S. Curriculum (55 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 (22 or more credits)

Select three (3) of the following courses:
 

 COURSE #

 COURSE TITLE

 NOTES

 BUS 260  Marketing
 (formerly BUS 360)
 BUS 335  International Business
 
 BUS 340  Managing Organizational Behavior  
 BUS 361  International Marketing  
 BUS 365  Consumer Behavior   OR
 Students with credit for BUS/SBU 165J
 may not enroll.
 BUS 165J  Consumer Studies
 Students with credit for BUS 365
 may not enroll.
 BUS 385  Entrepreneurship and Venture Formation
 
 FIN 320  Basic Financial Management
 (formerly BUS 320)
 FIN 327  Investment Management 
 (formerly BUS 327)
 FIN 328  Financial Institutions and Markets
 (formerly BUS 328)
 FIN 330  International Financial Management
 (formerly BUS 330)

(Choose Track A OR Track B):

Track A:
 

 COURSE #

 COURSE TITLE

 NOTES

 ACC 110  Financial Accounting Information for Decision
 Making
 
 MAT 210D  Business Statistics
 (formerly MAT 211D)
 BUS 275  Applied Business Analysis
 (formerly MAT 212)

Select one (1) of the following courses:
 

 COURSE #

 COURSE TITLE

 NOTES

 BUS 370  Management Science
 
 BUS 375  Production/Operations Management
 
 ECO 305  Research Methods in Economics
 

(Students who select ECO 305 under Track A cannot also use that course to satisfy a Major Elective requirement.)

Track B:
 

 COURSE #

 COURSE TITLE

 NOTES

 ACC 110  Financial Accounting Information for Decision
 Making
 
 MAT 152D  Calculus A  
 MAT 153  Calculus B  
 MAT 380  Probability and Statistics  (MAT 211D and MAT 212 may substitute)

Major Electives (18 or more credits)

Select six (6) of the following courses
(a maximum of two (2) 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 330  Urban Economics  
 ECO 340  History of Economic Thought  
 ECO 350  Comparative Economic Systems  
 ECO 370  International Economics  
 ECO 380  Public Finance and Fiscal Policy  
 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  
 CRM 216  White-Collar Crime  
 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 should be completed in a student's first year, but 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)  

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 Degree Audit Worksheet created and maintained by: Shirley Cote        LAST WORKSHEET UPDATE: 03/14/2008 ]
All Content © 2001 USM Department of Economics