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Economics with Teacher Licensure
Catalog description:
A study of economics and its applications that enables students to create a
course of study consistent with teacher licensure requirements.
- Required courses in the major -- 34 hours, including: ECON 101,
102, 301, 302, 365, 380, 480; one course from 316, 406 or 450; 12 additional hours in
Economics, at least 3 of which must be at the 300 or 400 level.
- Required courses outside the major -- 16 hours: HIST 101, 102; POLS 220; one course from ANTH
100, SOC 221 or 240; STAT 185 or 225.
- Other departmental requirements -- Senior demonstration of
competency and oral competency are met by completion of ECON 480
with a grade of C or higher. Demonstration of computer
competency is met by completion of ECON 365.
- Suggested courses outside the major -- Students with limited computer
experience should take CSCI 107. Students interested in graduate school in
economics should take MATH 191 and 192.
Students should review requirements found in the Education section of the
catalog and must consult with the appropriate advisor in the Department
of Education. In addition, those desiring middle school licensure must take HIST
315 and complete requirements for a second area of licensure.
Discussion:
With the exception of the greater number of required
courses outside the major, this course of study is identical that followed
students in the Concentration in General Economics and is thus equally broad and
flexible. In it you
will be introduced to a wide variety of economic concepts and you will learn to
apply these concepts to a broad selection of social issues. With the required
courses outside the major, plus the additional requirements described in the
Department of Education's requirements
for Social Studies (9-12) Licensure page, you will be in a position to teach high
school economics and social studies. If your career objectives should
change, you will have preparation equal to that of every other graduate of the
UNCA Economics program to pursue graduate study in economics, law or MBA programs, and/or
employment in a non-teaching field.
As described above, students working towards a degree in Economics with
Teacher Licensure are required to take 34 hours of courses
in the major and 16 hours outside it. Of the 34 hours in the major, 12 are
elective. When choosing your electives, it is recommended that
you select clusters of related courses. This will lead to greater mastery of
course material and enable you to write a better senior research paper. Keep in
mind that every course is not offered every semester. See an economics faculty member
to confirm that the courses you'd like to take are offered the semesters you'd
like to take them. For most clusters you're most likely to need the
foundation provided by ECON 302 before that provided by ECON 301; the
major exception to this general rule is the macroeconomics cluster. Examples of
related clusters include:
- Applied Microeconomics:
- ECON 245: Land Economics
- ECON 310: Public Finance
- ECON 316: Transaction Cost Economics
- ECON 330: Labor Economics
- ECON 337: Environmental Economics and Policy
- ECON 341: Cost-Benefit Analysis
- ECON 345: Economics of Natural Resources
- Business Decision-making:
- ECON 306: Managerial Finance
- ECON 316: Transaction Cost Economics
- ECON 406: Seminar in Financial Economics
- Environmental Economics:
- See (and consider!) the Concentration in
Environmental Economics.
- International Economics:
- See (and consider!) the Concentration in
International Economics.
- Law and Economics:
- ECON 316: Transaction Cost Economics
- ECON 330: Labor Economics
- Macroeconomics:
- ECON 215: Money and Banking
- ECON 314: Economic Growth and Development
- ECON 350: International Trade and Finance
- ECON 361: U.S. Economic History
- Monetary Economics and Finance:
- See (and consider!) the Concentration in
Monetary Economics and Finance.
- Preparation for Graduate School in Economics:
- ECON 360: Mathematical Economics
- ECON 367: Statistical Proofs in Economics and Finance
- Public Policy:
- ECON 245: Land Economics
- ECON 310: Theory of Public Finance
- ECON 316: Transaction Cost Economics
- ECON 314: Economic Development
- ECON 330: Labor Economics
- ECON 337: Environmental Economics and Policy
- ECON 341: Cost-Benefit Analysis
- ECON 345: Economics of Natural Resources
- ECON 361: U.S. Economic History
To learn how other students have successfully navigated their way through the
Economics with Teacher Licensure's required and elective courses, see an economics faculty member.
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