Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Economics, B.A.


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Program Requirements


Group I (Microeconomics): 3 Credits


one of the following

Group II (Macroeconomics): 3 Credits


one of the following

Elective Courses: 24 Credits


choose eight courses

  • Students must take at least three electives from Economics (ECON).
  • Students must take at least two electives from ACCT, MGMT, and/ or FINA.
  • A list of qualified electives is kept in the department office.

Cognate Requirements: 3 Credits


Note(s)


  • Business Economics majors must earn a minimum grade of 2.0 in every course counted toward the major (required, elective and cognate courses).
  • Students need not take ECON 105  and ECON 110  in sequence. Students must receive a grade of 2.0 or higher in each appropriate prerequisite before taking upper-division economics courses.
  • A minimum of 15 credit hours in the major must be at the upper-division level.
  • Students may not double-count more than two common courses between any majors and minors in the Department of Economics and the Department of Business Administration. Cognate requirements are excluded from this rule.
  • Transfer students are expected to meet the same major requirements as non-transfer students. 18 hours of the major course work must be completed at Potsdam.
  • Students may not double major in Business Economics and Economics.

Total Credit Hours Required: 37 Plus 3 Credits of Cognates


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