Chairperson:
| Neaime, Simon E.
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| Professor Emeritus: | Makdisi, Samir |
| Professor: | Neaime, Simon E. |
| Associate Professors: | Salti, Nisreen I.
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| Assistant Professors: | Abboud, Ali; Tuncay, Muhammed Alparslan;
Yamout, Nadine |
| Lecturers: | Bou Nassar, Makram; Ramadan, Usamah H. |
| Instructors: | El Baba, Nora; Hamdan, Dana; Kanaan,
Maya Z.; Makki, Ghina; Makki, Malak, Z.;
Nader, Pamela; Rbeiz, Sylvia; Sabra, Raja
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BA in Economics
Mission Statement
The undergraduate program in Economics is a rigorous quantitative program which enhances students’ analytical skills and critical thinking. In addition to broader economic concepts,
the understanding of economic issues pertaining to the Middle East and North Africa region
is given special attention. The department is committed to a liberal arts philosophy and the
development of leadership skills in the field of economics. The Program develops its students’ professional competencies and responsible citizenship skills, and prepares them for a
variety of careers in economic research, financial economics, and banking.
Degree Requirements
The requirements for a BA degree in Economics are 90 credits for students entering the department at the sophomore level. Students accepted in economics must attain an average of
2.3 or above in major courses during the first three terms in order to remain in the program.
The distribution of these courses is as follows:
University General Education Requirements
The General Education requirements are Understanding Communication - English (6 credits), Understanding Communication - Arabic (3 credits), Cultures and Histories (9 credits),
Human Values (3 credits), Societies and Individuals (6 credits), Understanding the World and
Quantitative Reasoning (9 credits with at least 3 credits from each), and Community Engaged
Learning (3 credits).
At least one of the courses from Cultures and Histories or Human Values should be from the
History of Ideas: CHLA. At least one course from your degree requirements (except Understanding Communication) should cover the theme of Social Inequalities (3 credits).
Major Requirements
- Major Courses: 36 credits of Economics courses including 21 credits as required courses
(ECON 211, ECON 212, ECON 213 (or STAT 230), ECON 214, ECON 215, ECON 217, ECON
227), and 15 credits as elective economics courses
- Required courses from outside the department: 12 credits including MATH 201, MATH
202, MATH 218 (or MATH 219), and ACCT 210
- Electives from outside the department: 6 credits of free electives. Students majoring in
Economics are restricted from taking MATH 203 and MATH 204 as a free elective.
Transfers from other programs to a major in economics require an overall average of 3.0 or
more; a minimum grade of B in each of ECON 211 and ECON 212; a minimum grade of C+ in
ENGL 203; and a minimum cumulative average of 2.3 in MATH 201 and MATH 202.
Economics majors whose economics average falls below 2.3 in their first two terms in the
major will be placed on departmental probation. Majors who have an average below 2.3 in
their economics courses at the end of their third regular term in the major will be dropped
from the major.
Minor Requirements
The minor program in economics requires 15 credits: ECON 211, ECON 212, one of ECON 214
or ECON 239 or ECON 243, at least one of ECON 217 or ECON 227, and one elective other
than ECON 213 chosen from the available offerings, provided their prerequisite (or equivalent) has been satisfied.
Course Descriptions
36 Credits in Economics (21 + 15)
Modes of Analysis |
Understanding Communication - English and Arabic (9) |
Cultures and Histories (9), Human Values (3) |
Economics and Societies and Individuals (21+15+3+3) |
Understanding the World (6), Quantitative Reasoning (9) |
Community-Engaged Learning (3) |
Lecture courses (9+12+42+6+12) | Required Arabiccourse (3) Required English courses: ENGL 203(3), 204(3) | Required credits in the Cultures and Histories: 9 credits including History of Ideas and 3 credits Human Values | Required
economics
courses (18):
ECON 211(3),
212(3), 213(3),
214(3) [P213], 215,
[P214], 217(3) [P211,
212], 227(3) [P211,
212] Five elective
economics
courses from
the following
and/or seminar
courses (15):
ECON [P214]
218(3) [P217]
219(3) [P214,
P227], 221(3)
[P217, P227],
222(3) [P217]
223(3) [P221,
P212], 226(3)
[P217], 228(3)
[P227],230(3)
[P211, P212],
232(3) [P227]
235(3) [P217],
236(3) [P217,
P227], 237(3)
[P217], 239(3)
[P217], 240(3)
[P227], 241(3)
[P217], 242(3)
[P217], 243(3)
[P217], 290(3) and
295(3). Required business
course (3): ACCT
210(3) One Societies
and Individuals
course must be an
approved General
Education course
from outside the
major | Understanding the World electives (6) Required
mathematics
courses: MATH
201(3), 202(3)
[P201], 218(3)
or 219(3) and
CMPS 209 or
CMPS 201 (3) or
CMPS 203 | Required (3) |
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