2023-2024 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Economics, Quantitative Specialization, BBA


This specialization is appropriate for those who plan to pursue master's or doctoral work in economics and prepare for careers in research and/or teaching. This path is also appropriate for students interested in analytical careers in economics or finance. 

Key:


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

Typical Program


An example of a typical program of courses follows:

First Year


Sophomore Year


Junior Year


Senior Year


Key:


*Satisfies a social science core requirement.

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

Notes:


  1. Ordinary Differential Equations (MA 304 ), Calculus III (MA 351 ), and Analysis I (MA 421 ) are recommended electives for graduate school prospects.
  2. Students who wish a broad, business-oriented program may elect to pursue the Bachelor of Business Administration in business economics. The BA is described under the Loyola College of Arts and Sciences.
  3. 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.