College of Letters, Arts and Sciences – Economics

Contact Information:
Bill Bannister Carolyn Daley Ruth Sansing
Academic Advisor (A-G) Academic Advisor (H-O) Academic Advisor (P-Z)
719-255-3069 719-255-3473 719-255-3747
bbannist@uccs.edu cdaley2@uccs.edu rsansing@uccs.edu

Student Success Center Advising Hours:

Monday: 9am-5pm Walk-in Advising
Tuesday–Friday: 9am-4pm Appointments Only
To schedule an appointment, call 719-255-3260. The Student Success Center is located in Main Hall 208.

General Academic Information

Academic Policies
It is the responsibility of each student to know and follow all Academic Compass Curriculum
policies established by the University and the College of Letters, Arts & Compass Curriculum is the campus-wide general education program
Sciences (LAS) that are set forth in the Catalog (catalog.uccs.edu). at UCCS. The Compass Curriculum has multiple components many of
which will coincide with the degree requirements listed in this guide.
Course Prerequisites Please visit the Compass Curriculum website at
Students are responsible for knowing and completing all course www.uccs.edu/compasscurriculum, review your degree audit, or
prerequisites. Course prerequisites are strictly enforced for all classes at check out the Compass Curriculum advising guide for specific course
UCCS. details. The required components are listed below and referenced in
the guide.
Restrictions and Limitations
Students may apply a maximum of 30 credit hours towards the bachelor’s REQUIRED COMPASS CURRICULUM COMPONENTS:
degree from course work taken outside the College of Letters, Arts & Component Course
Sciences. Students may apply a maximum of 8 credit hours of independent Gateway GPS 1010
study towards the major area of study and a maximum of 16 credit hours 1
Explore – Arts, Humanities and Cultures See List
towards the bachelor’s degree. Students may apply a maximum of 21 1
credit hours of Military Science/ROTC towards general electives and Explore – Society, Behavior and Health See List
1
towards the bachelor’s degree. Explore – Physical and Natural World See List
2
Navigate HUM 3990
Probation/Suspension Summit ECON 4990
To remain in good academic standing within the College of Letters, Arts & 3
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
Sciences, students must maintain a cumulative CU GPA of 2.0, or better. HUM 3990
Two courses with at least one upper-
Students whose cumulative CU GPA falls below a 2.0 will be placed on See List
probation for the next semester in which they are enrolled. While on division (3000+ level).
3
probation students must achieve a minimum semester GPA of a 2.25. If Inclusiveness See List
3
the required semester GPA is not met, the student will be suspended from Sustainability See List
the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences for a full academic year (Fall and 1
Explore must be outside major and area requirements.
Spring semesters). PLEASE NOTE: While on probation, registration for the 2
Navigate must be outside major requirements.
subsequent semester will be blocked until final grades are posted for the 3
current semester. This is to verify that the minimum semester GPA for each Can count towards other requirements within the Compass
student has been fulfilled. Curriculum or within a student’s degree program.
 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Department website: www.uccs.edu/economics
Degree Requirements Courses

Economics Major Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

(36 hours) ECON 1010 Introduction to Microeconomics
OR 3
The Economics major requires a ECON 1050 Economics in Practice
minimum of 36 credit hours of ECON 2020 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3
ECON course work and a ECON 2810 Introduction to Statistics and Computing in Economics 3
minimum of 18 credit hours of ECON 3010 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3
upper-division (3000+ level) ECON 3020 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3
ECON course work. ECON 4990 Senior Seminar 3
Electives Complete 18 hours of ECON elective courses. At least 12 18
All ECON courses must have a hours must be upper-division (3000+ level).
grade of “C” or better.

Composition Complete ENGL 1310, 1410, and the Writing Portfolio.

(6 hours) ENGL 1310 Rhetoric & Writing I 3
ENGL 1410 Rhetoric & Writing II 3
PORT 3000 Writing Portfolio Assessment 0

Reasoning Skills Complete one of the courses listed below. Other options exist to fulfill this requirement. See the
(3 hours) catalog or your degree audit for details.
ID 1050 ID 2000 MATH 1200

Area Requirements HUMANITIES – Complete 9 hours from the list of courses below. Course selection must include
(27 hours) one occurrence of HUM 3990.
AH 1000 AH 1001 AH 2800 AH 2810 AH 2820 AH 2860
All LAS students are required to AH 2890 AH 3430 COMM 2250 COMM 3100 COMM 3500 COMM 4000
ENGL 1500 ENGL 2600 ENGL 2610 ENGL 3320 ENGL 3900 FCS 3180
complete 9 credit hours in each
FCS 3190 FCS 3240 FCS 3690 FCS 3890 FCS 4210 FILM 1000
of three areas - humanities,
FILM 2000 FILM 3690 FR 3240 GER 3180 GER 3190 HIST 1110
social sciences, and natural
HIST 1120 HIST 1130 HIST 1140 HIST 1400 HIST 1410 HIST 1600
sciences. The total requirement HIST 1610 HUM 3990 ID 2000 MUS 1000 MUS 2050 MUS 2850
is 27 hours. PHIL 1000 PHIL 1020 PHIL 1120 PHIL 1300 PHIL 3100 PHIL 3160
PHIL 3180 PHIL 4070 SPAN 3690 SPAN 4210 THTR 1000 THTR 3201
Specific Limitations: THTR 3202 VA 1010 VA 1020 WEST 2030 WEST 2040 WEST 3020
> No more than two courses WEST 3100 WEST 3460 WEST 3550 WEST 4050 WEST 4280
from any one discipline may be
applied to the area SOCIAL SCIENCE – Complete 9 hours from the list of courses below.
requirements. ANTH 1020 ANTH 1040 ANTH 2800 ANTH 3040 ANTH 3260 ANTH 3270
COMM 1020 COMM 2150 COMM 3440 COMM 4200 COMM 4220 COMM 4250
> Courses in the primary major
GES 1980 GES 1990 GRNT 3000 PHIL 3200 PHIL 4260 PSC 1010
may not be applied to area
PSC 1100 PSC 2080 PSC 2100 PSC 3300 PSC 4190 PSC 4210
requirements.
PSC 4470 PSY 1000 SOC 1110 SOC 2120 SOC 2200 SOC 2220
> Courses may not be taken
SOC 2250 SOC 2500 SOC 3340 SOC 3610 WEST1010 WEST 3000
pass/fail.
WEST 3060 WEST 3070 WEST 3090 WEST 3620 WEST 4100 WEST 4120

NATURAL SCIENCE – Complete 9 hours from the list of courses below. At least one course must
have, or be, a lab course. Lab courses are marked in bold.
ANTH 1030 ANTH 3320 ANTH 3340 ANTH 3370 BIOL 1000 BIOL 1050
BIOL 1060 BIOL 1510 BIOL 1530 BIOL 2000 CHEM 1101 CHEM 1102
CHEM 1111 CHEM 1112 CHEM 1121 CHEM 1122 CHEM 1201 CHEM 1211
CHEM 1301 CHEM 1311 ENSC 1500 ENSC 1510 ENSC 1600 ENSC 1620
 ENSC 3200 GES 1000 GES 1010 GES 1050 GES 3200 GES 3250
GEOL 1010 GEOL 1020 GEOL 1530 GEOL 3170 GEOL3700 GEOL 4660
ID 2050 PES 1000 PES 1040 PES 1050 PES 1060 PES 1090
PES 1100 PES 1140 PES 1160 PES 1170 PES 1310 PES 1600
PES 1620 PES 1710 PES 1720 PSY 3270

Oral Communication, Cultural ORAL COMMUNICATION – Complete one of the courses listed below.
Diversity, and Global Awareness CHEM 4911 CHEM 4921 COMM 2010 COMM 2100 COMM 3240 COMM 4100
Requirements PES 4810 PHIL 1040 PHIL 4950 TED 4600 TED 4700 THTR 2020
THTR 2030 THTR 2040 THTR 2050 THTR 3100
Students are required to take one
course with a substantial CULTURAL DIVERSITY – Complete one of the courses listed below.
component involving oral AH 3430 ANTH 3250 ANTH 3420 ASL 4000 COMM 3280 ENGL 3320*
communication, one course that ENGL 4060 FCS 3360 FCS 4210* GES 4680 HIST 3520 HIST 3580
increases their awareness of MUS 2050* PHIL 3180* PHIL 3230 PHIL 4550 SOC 2200* SOC 2250*
cultural diversity, and one course
SOC 3220 SOC 3250 SOC 3290 SOC 4240 SOC 4290 SOC 4390
that increases their awareness of
SOC 4680 SPAN 4210* SPAN 4420 THTR 3240 WEST 1010* WEST 2020
global issues.
WEST 3090 WEST 3130 WEST 3150 WEST 3250 WEST 3290 WEST 3360
WEST 3420 WEST 3520 WEST 3580 WEST 4120* WEST 4280* WEST 4550
All courses in this section can count
towards other requirements. WEST 4680
Courses marked with an asterisk (*)
can count towards specific GLOBAL AWARENESS – Complete one of the courses listed below.
requirements; courses without an ANTH 1040* ANTH 3040* AH 3450 AH 3460 AH 4450 AH 4470
asterisk will count towards General BIOL 1510* CHEM 1111* CHEM 4521 ECON 3590* ECON 3710* ENGL 2600*
Electives. ENGL 2610* ENGL 4065 FCS 3180* FCS 3190* FCS 3250 FCS 3340
FCS 3380 FCS 3690* FCS 3890* FILM 2000* FILM 3690* FR 3250
GER 3180* GER 3190* GES 1980* GES 1990* GES 3070 GES 3400
GES 3820 GES 3980 GES 4640 GRNT 3560 HIST 1110* HIST 1120*
HIST 1130* HIST 1140* HIST 1400* HIST 1410* HIST 1600* HIST 1610*
HIST 3220 HIST 3560 HIST 3590 HIST 3680 HIST 4050 HIST 4060
HIST 4130 HIST 4150 HIST 4160 HIST 4280 HIST 4860 MUS 3150
PHIL 1300* PHIL1400 PHIL 3100* PHIL 3240 PHIL 3400 PHIL 3480
PHIL 3490 PHIL 3500 PSC 1010* PSC 2070 PSC 2080* PSC 2090
PSC 4170 PSC 4190* PSC 4210* PSC 4570 PSC 4580 PSC 4590
PSY 3560 SOC 2220* SOC 3340* SOC 4380 SOC 4700* SPAN 3690*
WEST 3340 WEST 3380 WEST 3480* WEST 3560 WEST 3680 WEST 4050
WEST 4060 WEST 4150 WEST 4170 WEST 4380 WEST 4700*

Compass Curriculum Complete all Compass Curriculum requirements not already completed as part of the above program. The
(12 hours) Gateway Seminar (GPS 1010) must be completed by all students. Explore courses must be completed
outside of the major and Area Requirements. All other Compass Curriculum requirements can be completed
within the degree requirements above. To see a list of all Compass Curriculum courses, please visit:
www.uccs.edu/compasscurriculum.

General Electives Complete additional courses to meet total and upper-division requirements for your degree program.
(32-36 hours)

UCCS Bachelor of Arts, Economics Major Degree Requirements

> A minimum of 120 hours must be completed with a cumulative CU grade point average of 2.0; at least 45 of these hours must be at the upper-
division level (courses numbered 3000-4999).
> No more than 54 hours of ECON course work can count towards the degree.
> The last 30 hours of the degree must be completed while registered in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at UCCS.
> Courses numbered below 1000 do not count towards degree completion.
 Four-Year Degree Plan – Economics
The following four-year plan lists all the specific course requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Economics degree at UCCS. The
order in which these courses are taken may vary with course availability. Students are responsible for completing all course
prerequisites. Please note that this is a suggested degree program; your program may vary.

Suggested First Year

FALL SPRING
√ Course Hours √ Course Hours
ENGL 1310 3 ENGL 1410 3
ECON 1010 3 ECON 2020 3
GPS 1010 3 Humanities Elective 3
Explore – Arts, Humanities & Cultures Course 3 Explore – Society, Behavior and Health Course 3
ID 1050 3 General Elective 3
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15

Suggested Second Year

FALL SPRING
√ Course Hours √ Course Hours
ECON 2810 3 ECON 3010 3
Explore – Physical & Natural World Course 3 ECON Elective 3
Oral Communication 3 Natural Science Elective (w/Lab) 4
Social Science Elective 3 Social Science Elective 3
General Elective 3 General Elective 3
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 16

Suggested Third Year

FALL SPRING
√ Course Hours √ Course Hours
ECON 3020 3 ECON Elective 3
ECON Elective 3 UD ECON Elective 3
Humanities Elective 3 Social Science Elective 3
Natural Science Elective 3 UD General Elective 3
Upper Division (UD) General Elective 3 UD General Elective 3
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15

Suggested Fourth Year

FALL SPRING
√ Course Hours √ Course Hours
ECON 4990 3 UD ECON Elective 3
UD ECON Elective 3 Natural Science Elective 2
HUM 3990 3 UD General Elective 3
UD General Elective 3 UD General Elective 3
UD General Elective 3 UD General Elective 3
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 14