Concentration Areas
Economics, BSBA
Concentration Area
Add a finance focus to your Economics degree and deepen your understanding of financial markets, banking, business finance, and economic decision-making.
Specialize Your Economics Degree
Students pursuing the Economics BSBA may specialize their degree through the Finance concentration. The concentration combines the analytical foundation of economics with advanced finance coursework and broader business study.
This pathway is designed for students interested in financial markets, banking, financial analysis, business finance, consulting, and related financial services fields.
Economics + Finance
Finance Concentration
24 Major CreditsThe Economics BSBA with a Finance concentration prepares students for careers in the specialized finance sector by combining economics with business finance coursework.
Students develop a strong understanding of economics, accounting, business, finance, money and banking, and upper-division financial topics while building the analytical and decision-making skills expected in financial organizations.
Areas You'll Study
Economics Analyze markets, incentives, economic behavior, and financial decision-making.
Finance Build advanced knowledge through upper-division finance coursework.
Money & Banking Examine financial institutions, monetary systems, banking, and economic policy.
Accounting Understand financial and managerial accounting information used in business decisions.
Business Analytics Use quantitative tools and data to support business and financial decisions.
Business Strategy Connect economic and financial analysis with broader organizational decisions.
Economics Applied to Finance
Analyze Financial Decisions Apply economic and financial concepts to evaluate business opportunities and financial choices.
Understand Markets Examine how financial markets, institutions, incentives, and economic conditions interact.
Build Business Perspective Combine finance and economics with accounting, management, analytics, and business strategy.
Understand How Financial Decisions Shape Organizations
Finance builds naturally on economics. Students learn to connect market behavior, financial institutions, business decisions, quantitative analysis, and economic conditions to understand how organizations allocate and manage resources.
Finance Concentration Requirements
The current Economics BSBA Finance curriculum includes 24 credits of major requirements. The concentration combines required Economics courses, upper-division Finance electives, and additional upper-division business electives.
ECON 302 Intermediate Microeconomics — 3 credits
ECON 310 Money and Banking — 3 credits
FIN 300/400-Level Electives 12 credits of upper-division Finance electives.
Upper-Division Business Electives 6 credits from approved ACCT, BSAD, ECON, MGMT, or MKTG courses.
One Finance elective may be replaced by ECON 325, Real Estate Economics. Courses may not double count toward both major requirements and electives.
Career Directions
The Finance concentration prepares Economics graduates for opportunities across banking, financial services, business, and analytical roles.
Banking
Financial Analysis
Financial Services
Business Finance
Financial Consulting
Business Analysis
Government
Graduate Study
Skills You'll Develop
The Economics BSBA combines finance-specific knowledge with the broader professional learning outcomes of the Hasan School of Business.
Problem Solving Identify financial and business problems, apply appropriate techniques, and develop recommendations.
Communication Prepare organized and professional documents, analyses, and presentations.
Global Awareness Understand global issues and perspectives that may influence business and financial decisions.
Ethical Awareness Recognize ethical issues and consider their potential impact on business decisions.
Plan the Finance Concentration With an Advisor
The PACK Center and Hasan School of Business Advising can help you understand course sequencing, select upper-division Finance and Business electives, and make sure the concentration fits into your Economics degree plan.
PACK Center: 719.549.2584 | HSB Advising: 719.549.2142 | Online: 719.549.2200
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