Curriculum Information Guide
Economics Minor
Dr. Xu Zhang, ChairEconomics Dept.
Xu.Zhang@farmingdale.edu
631-794-6260
School of Business
The Economics minor equips students with the foundational skills for higher education in economics and the social sciences, business and law. Students choosing to minor in Economics will take a total of 18 credits, which includes required core courses (9 credits). Students exposed to these economics courses will have skills and ability to compete or increase employability that the marketplace demands.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will demonstrate economic literacy by using economic terminology in everyday life.
- Students will acquire fundamental knowledge and skills to critically evaluate economic/social issues and policies from various perspectives.
About Academic Minors
Farmingdale State College students are invited to enhance their studies with an "Academic Minor." A minor is a cluster of thematically related courses drawn from one or more departments. In addition to department based minors (e.g. computer programming & info systems), interdisciplinary minors are also available (e.g. legal studies).
Academic minors are approved by the College-Wide Curriculum Committee and the Provost. Students must make application for an academic minor through the department offering the minor in conjunction with the Registrar's Office Specific course work must be determined in consultation with a faculty member in the department offering the minor. A statement of successful completion of the academic minor will appear on the student's transcript at the time of graduation.
- A minor is considered to be an optional supplement to a student's major program of study.
- Completion of a minor is not a graduation requirement and is subject to the availability of the courses selected. However, if the requirements for a minor are not completed prior to certification of graduation in the major, it will be assumed that the minor has been dropped. Consequently, the student will only be certified for graduation in their primary major.
- Only students in 4 year baccalaureate programs can apply for a minor.
- A minor should consist of 15 to 21 credits.
- At least 12 credits must be in courses at the 200 level or higher.
- At least 9 credits must be residency credits.
- Specific requirements for each minor are determined by the department granting the minor.
- Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in their minor. Some minors may require a higher GPA.
- Students are prohibited from declaring a minor in the same discipline as their major (e.g. one cannot combine an applied math minor with an applied math major). Academic minors may not apply to all curricula.
- Students are permitted to double-count courses.
- Students are only permitted to take more than one minor with appropriate written approval of their department chair or curriculum Dean.
| Fall 2019 - Subject to Revision |
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| Required: (6 credits) |
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| ECO 156 Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics) |
| ECO 157 Principles of Economics (Microeconomics) |
At least one from: (3 credits)
| ECO 255 Money and Banking |
| ECO 260 Intermediate Microeconomics |
| ECO 262 Managerial Economics |
| ECO 270 Intermediate Macroeconomics |
Any three additional economics courses, 200 level or above from the list below: (9 credits)
Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
