Economics Major with Inclusive Childhood/Middle Childhood Education Major

The Economics Program is part of the Nazareth College School of Management. The program offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. Students also have the option double major in Economics and Inclusive Childhood/Middle Childhood Education to achieve teacher certification.

Successful completion of the Economics major will allow students to students to understand, evaluate, and analyze the economic issues and challenges of everyday life as well as the economic systems in which we live.

A perspective rooted in the liberal arts is used to examine the causes and patterns of societal change within the framework of economics. The approach helps students to prepare for graduate study in the fields of economics, business, law, and related disciplines, as well as professional careers in a variety of fields in the public and private sector.

The goals of the program are accomplished through:

Instructional staff devoted to teaching excellence and student development
An innovative, dynamic and relevant curriculum
The development of skills in the areas of critical thinking, qualitative and quantitative analysis, communication, and technology
And opportunities for interpersonal development through activities such as clubs and honor societies with peers and the community

A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for the Economics Core.

Economics Core

All Economics majors are required to take the following courses:

CIS 141 - Survey of Computer Applications Credits: 3 or
CIS 241 - Advanced Computer Applications
ECO 101 - PI Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECO 102 - PI Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECO 333 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECO 334 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECO 480 - Senior Seminar in Economics Credits: 3
MTH 111 - PI Applied Calculus Credits: 3
or MTH 113 - PI Calculus I Credits / Units: 4
MTH 207 - PII Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
Or MTH 208 - PII Statistics for Scientists Credits: 3

Economics Electives

In addition to the Economics Core listed above, students must select five courses from the following list:

ECO 330 - Investments Credits: 3
ECO 331 - Money and Banking Credits: 3
ECO 340 - PII Labor Economics Credits: 3
ECO 347 - PII History of Economic Thought Credits: 3
ECO 349G - International Business Economics Credits: 3
ECO 350 - PII Environmental Economics Credits: 3
ECO 351G - PII Economics of Development Credits: 3
ECO 360 - Natural Resource Economics Credits: 3
ECO 410 - Econometrics Credits: 3
ECO 419 - PII Public Finance Credits: 3
ECO 483 - Economics Internship Credits: 3
ECO 485 - Independent Study Credits: 3
ECO 486 - Independent Study Credits: 3
SOC 352 - Social Research Methods Credits: 3

Required Courses for Inclusive Childhood/Middle Childhood Education Major

The following courses are required for the Inclusive Childhood/Middle Childhood Education major. The major prepares students for the initial teacher certification requirements in four certification areas: Childhood Education (Grades 1-6), Teaching Students with Disabilities at the Childhood Level (Grades 1-6), Middle Childhood Education - Generalist or Content Specialist (Grades 5-9), and Teaching Students with Disabilities at the Middle Childhood Level (Grades 5-9).