Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Economics, Minor (356)


Program Coordinator

David M. Zimmer, david.zimmer@wku.edu

Program Requirements (21 hours)

The minor in Economics requires 21 semester hours.  To earn the minor, students must complete 15 hours of core courses consisting of 200- and 300-level ECON courses shown below and 6 hours of upper-level ECON electives.

ECON 202Principles of Economics (Micro)3
ECON 203Principles of Economics (Macro)3
ECON 206Statistics3
ECON 302Microeconomic Theory3
ECON 303Macroeconomic Theory3
Select 6 hours of other 300 and 400-level Economics courses6
Total Hours21

All minors must also complete MATH 123 or any calculus class or have a Math ACT of at least 26 or a Math SAT of at least 610.