The Minor

Students must complete three general courses and declare an option as described below.

1. Introductory calculus: MATH 127 or 131
2. Introductory statistics: RES-ECON 212 or STATISTC 240
3. Introductory microeconomics: RES-ECON 102 (or ECON 103)
4. Four departmental courses as specified below by option. (Note: many of the courses below have prerequisites; see the Undergraduate Handbook for details.)

Cosumer and Family Economics 

Required:
162 Consumer in Our Society
314 Financial Analysis for Consumers and Firms

Elect two of the following:
362 Consumer Protection
460 Family in Economic Systems
470 Family Economic Policy: Issues and Implications

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Option

Required:
262 Environmental Economics or 263 Natural Resource Economics

Elect three of the following:
202 Price Theory
213 Intermediate Statistics for Business and Economics
263 Natural Resource Economics or 262 Environmental Economics (opposite of above)
312 Introductory Econometrics
471 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Natural Resource Programs
472 Advanced Topics in Resource and Environmental Economics

Managerial Economics

Required:
428 Managerial Economics

Elect three of the following:
202 Price Theory
213 Intermediate Statistics for Business and Economics
312 Introductory Econometrics
313 Quantitative Methods in Applied Economics
314 Financial Analysis for Consumers and Firms
324 Small Business Finance
452 Industrial Organization in Resource Economics
453 Public Policy in Private Markets
471 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Natural Resource Programs