Business Economics, BBA

Requirements for the Business Economics, BBA are listed below. Students must take the business foundation courses in addition to the major requirements listed below.

Major Requirements:

AC 202 - Managerial Accounting
EC 102 - Microeconomic Principles
EC 103 - Macroeconomic Principles
EC 301 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
EC 302 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
LW 305 - Legal Environment of Business
MG 402 - Strategic Management
Four 300- and 400-level economics courses, two of which must be taken at the 400-level. At the discretion of the department chair, certain courses offered by other departments may qualify toward the upper-level requirement.*

Key:

* EL707 and EL715 may be taken in lieu of EC 341 for students accepted to the Accelerated Bachelor's to ELMBA program.

Notes:

Students will ideally complete EC 301 or EC 302 prior to the fall of the junior year. Students with good mathematical skills are encouraged to take MA 251 and MA 252 . Students interested in pursuing graduate study in economics are encouraged to take MA 301 .

An example of a typical program of courses follows:

This is a possible plan of study, but it need not be followed in the same order by every student. Consult with your academic advisor.

First Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

EC 103 - Macroeconomic Principles *
EC 220 - Business Statistics ** or
Natural Science Core
HS 100 - Encountering the Past
Fine Arts Core
Language Core or
Elective

Sophomore Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

AC 202 - Managerial Accounting
EC 301 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory or
EC 302 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
IS 251 - Data Analytics and Information Systems
PL 201 - Foundations of Philosophy or
TH 201 - Theology Matters
EN 200-Level or HS 200-Level Course

Junior Year

Fall Term

EC 301 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory or
EC 302 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
LW 305 - Legal Environment of Business
MG 201 - Management
PL 200-Level or TH 200-Level Course
Elective

Spring Term

FI 320 - Financial Management
OM 260 - Supply Chain and Operations Management
Elective
Elective
Elective

Senior Year

Fall Term

MG 402 - Strategic Management or
Elective
Economics Elective
Economics Elective
Elective
Elective

Spring Term

MG 402 - Strategic Management or
Elective
PL 310 - Business Ethics
Economics Elective
Economics Elective
Elective

Key:

*Satisfies a social science core requirement.

** EC 220 counts towards the third Math/Natural Science requirement in the Loyola Core.

Note:

For economics students accepted into the accelerated bachelors to MS in data science, it is recommended that they take EC 420 and ST 710. ST 710 will count as an economics elective for their undergraduate degree and will also count towards the MSDS degree. The students are also recommended to take CS 701 as an additional course.