B.S. in Economics
The Bachelor of Science in Economics provides students with the foundations of theoretical and applied economics. Students are prepared to work immediately after graduation in business, government and finance, or to pursue graduate studies in economics, business, law, public administration, international relations, and related fields.
To graduate, a student must complete at least 92 credits as follows: 12 credit hours from the Business core requirements, 10 credit hours in Quantitative requirements, 12 credit hours in Economics requirements, 18 credit hours from the Economics elective courses, in addition to 34 credit hours in LAC courses (inclusive of Eco201 and Eco202), and 10 credit hours as free electives.
Career opportunities in Economics:
- Economist positions in the banking sector
- Economist positions in the public sector
- Economic consultancy positions
- Management consultancy positions
- Management positions
- Business and economic reporting positions
- Policy advising positions (local and international organizations)
- Graduate Work in Business
- Graduate work in Economics
- Graduate work in Finance
Plan of study
Business Requirements (12 credits)
| ACC203 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECO340 | Economics of Organizations and Management1 | 3 |
| FIN301 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| MKT201 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 |
Quantitative Requirements (10 credits)
| QBA201 | Managerial Statistics | 3 |
| ECO304 | Mathematical Methods for Economics | 3 |
| ECO332 | Introductory Econometrics | 4 |
Economics Requirements (12 credits)
| ECO201 | Micro Economics | 3 |
| ECO202 | Macro Economics | 3 |
| ECO305 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECO306 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
Economics Electives (18 credits)
3 credits from:
| ECO344 | Economics, Ethics and Philosophy | 3 |
| ECO346 | Foundations of Political Economy | 3 |
And 3 credits from:
| ECO311 | Economic Development | 3 |
| ECO333 | Comparative Economic Systems | 3 |
And 12 credits from the following courses:
| ECO422 | Public Finance | 3 |
| ECO320 | Environmental, Resource and Energy Economics | 3 |
| ECO420 | Monetary Theory and Policy | 3 |
| ECO335 | International Economics | 3 |
| ECO402 | Special Topics in Economics | 3 |
| ECO342 | Labor and Human Resource Economics | 3 |
Liberal Arts Core Requirements (13 credits)
| ARA2—/3— | Arabic Language/Literature | 3 |
| CSC201 | Computer Applications | 1 |
| ENG202 | Sophomore Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENG203 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| HLT201 | Basic Health | 1 |
| PED2— | Physical Education | 1 |
| ETH201 | Moral Reasoning | 1 |
Liberal Arts (LA) Electives (21 credits)
Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning (min 3-max 9)
6 credit hours completed by passing Eco201 and Eco202
| Philosophy, Religion, History (3) | 3 |
| Literature (3) | 3 |
| Arts (3) | 3 |
Free Electives (12 credits)1,2,3
1 Students planning to do graduate work in economics are advised to take at least MTH 201, MTH 301, MTH 304.
2 Students wanting to increase their knowledge in related business fields are advised to choose from the following courses FIN302, FIN 411, FIN 421, MGT441, MGT301, IBS311, HOM321 and FEB301.
3 Students are encouraged also to use this option to do a minor in a related field of study. Options available now at LAU: minor in Business, Mathematics, Political Science, Legal Studies, Actuarial Studies, and Computer Science.