Global Economics - A.A. Degree (Transfer)
An Arts and Sciences Area of Study
Application Code 143
For curriculum information, contact the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division—Room ST-149—443-518-1620.
This curriculum is designed as a guide to students planning to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, emphasizing international economics and policy studies. Geography, history, political science, pre-law, etc. students are advised to check the requirements of the institution to which they intend to transfer.
General Education Core
Students enrolled in transfer patterns must take a minimum of 30 credits in General Education. Each student’s total of general education and required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit.
Composition
Humanities, Arts and Literature
One Humanities Core Course (3 credits), plus one Arts Core Course (3 credits), plus one Literature Core Course (3 credits) satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement, OR a World Language Sequence (8 credits), plus another Humanities, Arts, and Literature Core (3 credits) in a second discipline other than a world language satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement.
Social Sciences
One History Core Course is required and may be taken as either a Social and Behavioral Sciences Core or a Humanities Core. No more than 6 credits may be taken in History to meet Humanities Core and Social and Behavioral Sciences Core requirements.
Science
must include one course with lab
Mathematics
Interdisciplinary
Required Courses Related to Major
Required Courses
| ECON-101 | Principles of Economics (Macro) | 3 credits |
| ECON-102 | Principles of Economics (Micro) | 3 credits |
| ECON-205 | Fundamentals of International Economics | 3 credits |
History Electives – Select 6 credits from the following (3 credits each):
| HIST-112 | American History Since 1877 | 3 credits |
| HIST-123 | Western Civilization and the Modern World | 3 credits |
| HIST-201 | Europe in the Twentieth Century | 3 credits |
| HIST-221 | American History Since 1945 | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Humanities Electives – Select 6 credits from the following (3 credits each):
| ENGL-226 | World Literature I | 3 credits |
| ENGL-227 | World Literature II | 3 credits |
| FINE-102 | Arts, Cultures and Ideas | 3 credits |
| SPCH-105 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Electives – Select 9 credits from the following (3 credits each):
| ANTH-105 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 credits |
| ECON-201 | Money and Banking | 3 credits |
| GEOG-102 | Elements of Cultural Geography | 3 credits |
| GEOG-201 | Economic Geography | 3 |
| POLI-201 | Comparative Government | 3 credits |
| PSYC-101 | General Psychology | 3 credits |
| SOCI-101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 credits |
| SOCI-102 | Social Problems | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Total Credit Hours: 60-66