Overview

The Minor in Economics provides the non-business LAU student community with the opportunity to combine their primary fields of study with knowledge in economics. The program supports disciplines such as engineering, computer science, mathematics, political science, history and pharmacy, and it increases the graduates’ chances of employability in many areas where these fields interact with economics.

The Minor in Economics provides preparation for graduate work in economics for those coming from quantitative scientific fields (physics, math, computer science, and engineering) or for graduate work in multidisciplinary fields related to undergraduate studies in different domains such as financial engineering, construction and engineering management and economics, pharmaco-economics, health economics and political economy.

Curriculum

The Minor in Economics requires a total of 18 credits, as per the following:

• Required Courses (12 cr)
• Elective Courses (6 cr)

Required Courses (12 cr)

• ECO201 Microeconomics (3 cr)
• ECO202 Macroeconomics (3 cr)
• ECO305 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 cr)
• ECO306 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 cr)

Elective Courses (6 or 7 cr)

• ECO304 Mathematical Methods for Economics (3 cr)
• ECO311 Economic Development (3 cr)
• ECO320 Environmental, Resource and Energy Economics (3 cr)
• ECO332 Introductory Econometrics (4 cr)
• ECO333 Comparative Economic Systems (3 cr)
• ECO335 International Economics (3 cr)
• ECO342 Labor and Human Resource Economics (3 cr)
• ECO344 Economics, Ethics and Philosophy (3 cr)
• ECO346 Foundations of Political Economy (3 cr)
• ECO402 Special Topics in Economics (3 cr)
• ECO420 Monetary Theory and Policy (3 cr)
• ECO422 Public Finance (3 cr)