BA Economics at West Virginia University

Programme overview

The program leading to the B.A. degree is designed for students who wish to combine fundamental training in economics with a liberal arts education. In addition to the general education and related requirements, students have in excess of forty credit hours of unrestricted electives.

Faculty: John Chambers College of Business and Economics | Duration: 120 credit hours (minimum) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

Required coursework includes Introduction to Business, Business Communication. Programme/major requirements total 48 credit hours.

Career pathways

Economics is a useful major for anyone interested in a career in banking, business, foreign service, law, public policy, and any other field in which the ability to make or analyze decisions is important.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme-level admission/progression (WVU catalogue): For specific information regarding the admissions requirements for First Time Freshmen to the John Chambers College of Business and Economics, please visit Chambers admissions . Students who are direct admitted to the major as first-time freshmen must possess an overall university GPA of at least 2.5 and have completed the course prerequisites listed in the table below with minimum grade of C-, unless otherwise noted, to be eligible to enroll in upper-division course work. Students who are not direct admitted to the major (i.e. Business) will declare the major during the semester in which they satisfy the course prerequisites listed below. Applicants also must possess an overall GPA of at least 2.5 to be considered for admission to the major. Course List Code | Title | Hours | ECON 201 & ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics * | 6 | ECON 225 | Elementary Business and Economics Statistics | 3 | or STAT 211 | Elementary Statistical Inference | Choose one of the following: | 3-6 | ENGL 101 & ENGL 102 | Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetoric, and Research | | ENGL 103 | Accelerated Academic Writing | | Choose one of the following; a minimum of D- is needed in MATH 150 , MATH 154 , or MATH 155 | 3-6 | MATH 124 & MATH 150 | Algebra with Applications and Applied Calculus | | MATH 129 & MATH 155 | Pre-Calculus Mathematics and Calculus 1 | | MATH 150 | Applied Calculus | | MATH 153 & MATH 154 | Calculus 1a with...

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer (international undergraduate deadlines are published for all three terms). WVU has rolling admissions and admits students year-round.

First-time freshman application deadlines: Fall, August 1; Spring, December 1. Rolling admissions. Apply with the WVU application or the Common Application; the application fee is $20 for West Virginia residents, $65 for out-of-state students and $75 for international students. SAT/ACT scores are optional for an admissions decision, though a few majors and scholarships require them; no essays or recommendations are required.

Transfer application deadlines: Fall, August 1; Spring, December 1. The nonrefundable application fee is $65 for domestic and $75 for international students; applicants need at least 24 transferable credit hours and a minimum 2.0 GPA.

International undergraduate applicants apply by June 1 for Fall (all documents by July 1), October 1 for Spring (documents by November 1) and February 15 for Summer (documents by April 1); the nonrefundable application fee is $75.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.wvu.edu/undergraduate/

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