Student Learning Outcomes

Students graduating from this program will:

  • Students will be able to distinguish the attributes of a variety of economic theories and policies.
  • Students will be able to use their economic knowledge to examine a wide variety of problems that are economic, social and/or political in nature, on both the micro and macro levels.
  • Students will become proficient writers through assignments in regular classes, as well as intensive-writing experiences in the capstone course.
  • Students will be better problem solvers and better-informed citizens.

Program Requirements

The minor in economics is open to all students and consists of a minimum of 18 hours (six courses) in economics.

The courses are:

ECON 201Introduction To Economics I3
ECON 202Introduction To Economics II3
ECON Upper Level Electives 112
ECON 301
Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON 302
Microeconomic Analysis
ECON 314
Race, Class And Gender: Theory, History, And Policy
ECON 331
Money And Banking
ECON 336
The Kansas City Economy
ECON 340
Collective Bargaining
ECON 353
Financial Analysis And The Economy
ECON 402
Labor and the Global Political Economy
ECON 404RR
American Labor History
ECON 406WI
History Of Economic Thought
ECON 411
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Urban Economic Development
ECON 412
International Trade And Development
ECON 416
Law And Economics
ECON 420
Environment, Resources And Economic Growth
ECON 421
Mathematical Economics
ECON 425
Intermediate Economic Statistics
ECON 427
Labor Economics
ECON 431
Monetary Theory And Policy
ECON 435
Public Finance
ECON 438
Economic Policy
ECON 442
International Finance
ECON 451
Institutional Economic Theory
ECON 458
Urban Economics
ECON 460
Industrial Organization
ECON 475
Economics Institutions and Policies
ECON 488
Radical Political Economy
ECON 496
Practicum in Urban Economic Development
Total Credits18

Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA within the minor coursework to be awarded the minor in Economics.