Economics
Auburn Montgomery’s Business Economics program gives you the analytical tools and practical skills to succeed in business, finance and government by offering a mix of theoretical and applied courses in economics and the functional areas of business decision making. Courses in macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis introduce the analytical tools that significantly augment the program.
In this program you have two options with related but unique curricula: the Business Economics option and the International Business Studies option.
The Business Economics option includes seven separate tracks:
- Banking and Financial Markets
- Public Administration
- Business Management
- Pre-law
- International Economics
- Professional
- Macroeconomics
Each track includes recommended courses in economics, business or other courses outside the School of Business. The purpose of these tracks is to broaden students’ academic preparation and encourage them to make preliminary career choices.
The program also prepares students for graduate and professional schools in Business (the M.B.A), Law, Economics, International Studies and related fields.
Business Economics Option Requirements Semester Hours
| ECON 4100 Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 4110 Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| Economics Elective1 | 3 |
| Economics Elective1 | 3 |
| Economics Elective1 | 3 |
| Economics/Business/Approved Elective2 | 3 |
| Economics/Business/Approved Elective2 | 3 |
| Total Hours | 24 |
1 These electives are determined by selecting a business economics track. The economics faculty will advise students as to the appropriate combination of courses.
2 These courses must be at the 3000/4000 level or higher.The International Business Option Curriculum Semester Hours
INTL 3000 Introduction to International Studies | 3 |
| ECON 4100 Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| MNGT 4750 International Business Management | 3 |
| MKTG 4650 International Marketing | 3 |
| Select two of the following courses | 6 |
ECON 4700 International Economics
ECON 4050 International Institutions and Contemporary Trade Policy
FINA 4750 International Finance
MNGT 4760 International Law
| |
| Economics or Business Electives1 | 6 |
| Foreign Language and Liberal Art Electives2, 3 | 11/12 |
1 Options include ECON 3500, ECON 3520, ECON 3800, ECON 3850, ECON 4700, FINA 4750, INFO 4300, MNGT 4760, MKTG 4300 and MKTG 4730.
2 Students specializing in the International Business Studies Option must have a minimum of two courses in a foreign language. Student can take two additional courses of a foreign language. Those students with at least two years of high school work in a foreign language can enroll in the second year of the language at AUM with approval of the department head.
3 A foreign language would satisfy this requirement. Other courses that satisfy this requirement include any 3000/4000 level course offered by the International Studies department or course approved by the department head.