Economics

ACADEMIC MAP (Effective Summer 2024 and after)

*Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available ONLY at the main campus in Tallahassee, FL. This program is NOT available via Online/Distance Learning.*

This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area and diversity requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.

Economics is a STEM program. Students must have 52 or more credit hours completed, including both ECO2013 and ECO2023 each completed with a grade of 'C' or higher, have a 2.50 or higher GPA in ECO2013 and ECO2023, and at least half the required General Education hours, including all English composition and mathematics requirements, or an A.A. Degree.

**A calculus course (either MAC2233 Business Calculus or MAC2311 Calculus I) is required for graduation for students entering the Economics major as of Fall 2024. Students who enter the Economics major prior to Fall 2024 can choose among several math courses (MAC1105, MAC1140, MAC1147, MAC2233, or MAC2311).

The Economics major strives to make students aware of the critical issues in economics; to provide them with a basic understanding of the tools needed to analyze those issues; and to prepare them for (a) entry-level positions in financial, managerial and administrative areas of the public and private sector, or (b) entry into graduate and professional schools of law, business, economics, and social sciences. Among the topics covered by the curriculum are the theory of markets and the price system, the organization of industries, labor supply and its uses, the commercial banking and credit system, government finance, the national income and its production and distribution, economic growth and development, and international trade and finance. An internship program (ECO 4941) is available to qualified students.

Mapping Coordinator: COSS Acad Affairs Off. 101 BEL
Email: COSS-Admissions-Mapping@fsu.edu

Employment Information
Representative Job Titles Related to this Major: Bank Examiner, Consultant to business, government, etc., Credit Analyst, Economist, Investment Analyst, Economic Analyst, Loan Officer, Financial Reporter/Analyst, Purchasing Agent, Teacher at a College or Junior College (with further education), Securities Broker, Underwriter, Actuary, Insurance Claim Examiner.

Representative Employers: Banks and Financial Institutions, Large Manufacturing Firms, Insurance Companies, Research Firms, Brokerage Houses, Trade Unions, Governmental Agencies, Business Associations, College and Universities (Ph.D. graduate), Consulting Firms.

International Opportunities: International study is available for all students and may include opportunities for internships or taking course work towards various majors and minors. International study may have an impact on the MAP; therefore, it is important to consult with the academic advisor before participating. Interested students can find information about international study, research, internships, and service opportunities at: global.fsu.edu/undergraduate-students/going-abroad.

This Map is not a contract, either expressed or implied, between the University and the student, but represents a flexible program of the current curriculum which may be altered from time to time to carry out the academic objectives of the University. The University specifically reserves the right to change, delete or add to any Map at any time within the student’s period of study at the University.