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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Economics - Business Economics (BA) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
ECON 110  - Principles of Macroeconomics   3      
MATH 205  - General Calculus   3   KSC 030  
English Requirement 3 KSC 010  
BA Language 4    
DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation   1      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
ECON 120  - Principles of Microeconomics   3      
English Requirement 3 KSC 010  
Intro to Stats 3    
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
ECON 510  - Intermediate Macroeconomics   3      
Outside Concentration 3    
BA Language 4    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Natural and Physical Sciences Requirement 4 KSC 040  
Total Credits: 17      
       
Semester 2      
ECON 520  - Intermediate Microeconomics   OR 3      
ECON 521  - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory   3      
Communications Requirement 3 KSC 020  
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
BA Language 3    
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 13      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
ACCTG 231  - Introduction to Managerial Accounting   3      
STAT 351  - Business and Economic Statistics II   OR 3    
STAT 611  - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II   OR 3      
STAT 705  - Regression and Analysis of Variance   3      
ECON Elective; 530, 540, 605, 620, 631, 633, 640, 681, or 684 3    
BA Humanities 3    
BA Fine Arts 3    
ECON 681  - International Trade   3      
Total Credits: 18      
       
Semester 2      
FINAN 450  - Principles of Finance   3      
MANGT 220  - Principles of Management   OR 3      
ACCTG 241  - Introduction to Financial Accounting  OR 3      
MKTG 250  - Introduction to Marketing   3      
ECON Elective; 530, 540, 605, 620, 631, 633, 640, 681, or 684 3    
ECON Elective; 530, 540, 605, 620, 631, 633, 640, 681, or 684 3    
Global Perspective Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 173   - Music as Protest and Propaganda in the United States   3      
ECON Elective 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
ECON 580   - Senior Seminar in Economics   3      
BA non-quan social science 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 12      
       
Total Program Hours: 120