The request to revise the Minor in Economics

Date: January 30, 2015
To: Belk College of Business
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: January 15, 2015
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Summer 2015

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Catalog Copy

  1. Catalog copy found under DEGREE PROGRAMS in Belk College section:

Minors

The Belk College of Business offers three minors for students at UNC Charlotte. Students must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in order to be accepted into the Minor in Economics. Students must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in order to be accepted into the Minor in Management Information Systems or the Minor in Operations and Supply Chain Managementminor programs. Students must take all prerequisites for the courses required in the minor programs. These minors include:

  • Economics
  • Management Information Systems
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management

  1. Catalog copy found under MINOR IN ECONOMICS in Economics section:

Minor in Economics

To be accepted into the Minor in Economics and to progress into the upper division of the College, a student must present a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and must be of at least Junior standing. A Minor in Economics requires 18 semester hours of economics, including the following courses. Students may attempt each of the courses in the minor two times.

To be accepted into the Minor in Economics and to progress into the upper division of the College, a student must meet the following requirements:

  • A minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA
  • At least Junior standing.
  • A grade of C or better in all courses prerequisite to required courses in the minor, including:
    • ECON 2101 Principles of Economics – Macro
    • ECON 2102 (Principles of Economics – Micro
    • MATH 1120 Calculus or MATH 1241 Calculus I
    • STAT 1220 Elements of Statistics I – BUSN
    • INFO 2130 Intro to Business Computing – required only for ECON 3125 and ECON 3112

A Minor in Economics requires 18 semester hours of economics, including the following courses. Students may attempt each of the courses in the minor two times.

Required Courses (9 hours)

  • ECON 2101 Principles of Economics Macro (3)
  • ECON 2102 Principles of Economics Micro (3)
  • ECON 3122 Intermediate Microeconomics (3) or ECON 3125 Managerial Economics (3)

Electives (9 hours)

  • Three (3) ECON Electives from the 3000- or 4000-level

(NOTE: Students must earn C or better in all courses that are prerequisites for chosen economics electives)

To obtain a Minor in Economics, a student must meet the University requirements of a GPA of at least 2.0 overall and in the courses for the minor. Students must earn a minimum grade of C in all required minor courses. When a student repeats a course, both the old and new grades are included in the minor GPA. Courses repeated under the Grade Replacement Policy are excluded from the major GPA computation. However, this repeated course does count as an attempt. Students must also meet the Belk College of Business residency requirements.