Economics
Offered at IU South Bend by College of Professional Studies
About
A Bachelor of Science in Business degree requires 120 hours of coursework, including:
- 42 credit hours of General Education Requirements: All IU South Bend undergraduate students are required to complete coursework in the humanities, social sciences, arts, and quantitative reasoning, which is intended to foster the strong problem-solving, communication, and analytic reasoning skills necessary for students to succeed in their college classwork and future careers.
- 48 credit hours of Business Administration Core Courses: All IU South Bend business undergraduate students are required to complete a curriculum of core courses in business that include coursework in accounting, finance, management, computer literacy, and economics to build a strong foundation of basic business competencies necessary to succeed in all business majors/concentrations.
- 30 credit hours of 300–400-level business major/concentration coursework.
The curriculum in economics provides students with crucial skills in critical economic reasoning, analytics modeling, data analysis, and strategic thinking to policy issues as well as international perspectives to make informed business decisions. Job availabilities for economics majors are greater than for most college majors. Top jobs for economics majors include actuary, compensation and benefits managers, credit analyst, economic consultant, financial analyst, and market research analyst.
Studying economics is also an excellent way to prepare for law school or further business training. Some of the jobs held by IU South Bend economics alumni are loan officer, international banker, stock broker, city attorney, quality improvement director, quality control, assistant VP of community bank, information technology manager, customer service manager, systems consultant, vice president (manufacturing), assistant professor, banker, SEC attorney, bank trust department, and investment banker.