Minor Details

A minor in economics is available to all undergraduate students in four-year colleges at the University of Cincinnati who are not majoring in economics or business economics. The minor will be presented when the student receives the bachelor’s degree from his or her college. Notation will also be placed on the student’s official transcript. With an increased emphasis on economics in business, government, law and education, the minor in economics can be an important credential for one’s career, as well as a significant addition to one’s education.

Minor Requirements
Thirty-five upper-division credits are required for the economics minor, distributed as follows:

A. Core Courses (20 Credit Hours)
Each course must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. These should be taken reasonably early in your major program.

15-ECON-320   Statistics for Economists; 4 cr.
15-ECON-321   Introduction to Applied Econometrics; 4 cr.
15-ECON-341   Microeconomic Theory I; 4 cr.
15-ECON-342   Microeconomic Theory II; 4 cr.
15-ECON-372   Macroeconomic Theory; 4 cr.
Economics Capstone 15-ECON-599 is not required for the minor in economics. 

B. Field Courses (6 Credit Hours)
Each student must take two courses in one field.
The average across all field courses must be a "C" or better.
Each of the area courses is a three-credit hour course.
Prerequisites for all required field courses, unless stated otherwise, are 15-ECON-320 and 15-ECON-342.

Labor Economics:
15-ECON-557 Economics of Work and Family; 3 cr.
15-ECON-558 Labor Market Analysis; 3 cr.
15-ECON-559 Labor Market Issues; 3 cr.
15-ECON-508 Economic Theory of Population; 3 cr.

International Economics
15-ECON-551 Open Economy Macroeconomics; 3 cr
15-ECON-552 International Trade Theory; 3 cr.
15-ECON-575 Economic Development; 3 cr.

Industrial Organization
15-ECON-510 Strategic Thinking; 3 cr.
15-ECON-565 Industrial Organization; 3 cr.
15-ECON-569 Antitrust Policy and Trade Regulation; 3 cr.
15-ECON-578 Law and Economics; 3 cr.

Public Economics
15-ECON-482 Public Economics: Expenditures; 3 cr.
15-ECON-483 Public Economics: Taxation; 3 cr.
15-ECON-567 Politics and Economics; 3 cr.

Macro and Monetary Economics
15-ECON-371 Money and Banking; 3 cr.
15-ECON-551 Open Economy Macroeconomics; 3 cr
15-ECON-571 Stabilization Policy; 3 cr.

Quantitative Economics
15-ECON-343 Topics in Microeconomics; 3 cr.
15-ECON-510 Strategic Thinking; 3 cr.
15-ECON-521 Applied Econometrics II; 3 cr.

Urban/Regional Economics
15-ECON-570 Regional Economics; 3 cr.
15-ECON-506 Urban Economic Problems; 3 cr.

C. Electives (9 Credit Hours)
In addition to the 20 core credits and six field credits, economics minors need another nine credit hours of electives to satisfy the 35-hour requirement. Students can satisfy the remaining nine hours in four ways: 

1. Take additional 300-level or higher economics courses.
2. Take any other upper-level course offered by the department, including Honors Seminar (15-ECON-431,432) and Special Problems (15-ECON-689).
3. Take a maximum of six credit hours of the Teaching Assistant Practicum (15-ECON-422).
4. Complete a maximum of six credit hours in the Internship Program (15-ECON-498).