1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

.Degree RequirementsDance courses required for this major include 12 hours of technique classes(ballet, modern, and jazz); four courses in dance theory and related subjects; 12 hoursof dance electives chosen from such classes as choreography, dance production,theatre dance, movement and rhythms, sports injury, and kinesiology. In addition, thestudent will earn nine hours through participation in one of the University's performingdance companies over a number of semesters before graduation. A total of 42 hoursin dance is required.Arts and Sciences concentration may be selected from any department in theCollege. A total of 30 hours in the area of specialization is specified.EconomicsDegree: Bachelor of ArtsWilliam S. Reece, ChairpersonNature of ProgramThe Department of Economics offers two majors in economics: one through theCollege of Business and Economics and the other through the College of Arts andSciences. The College of Business and Economics grants the degree of Bachelor ofScience with a major in economics. The College of Arts and Sciences grants theBachelor of Arts with a major in economics.The program leading to the B.A. degree is designed for students who wish tocombine fundamental training in economics with a liberal arts education. In addition tothe liberal studies and related requirements, students have in excess of 40 credit hoursof unrestricted electives.The student of economics is taught to identify the costs and the benefits of adecision, which are sometimes not obvious. The economist has the skills to identify thereal consequences of a decision. That skill is valued highly.Economics is a useful major for anyone interested in a career in politics, business,law, foreign service, government, banking, or any other field in which the ability tomake or analyze policy decisions is important. The demand for people with degrees ineconomics, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels, is high.Economics deals with some of today's burning issues: acid rain, support for thepoor, international trade, unemployment, capital punishment, education, the deficit, thethird world, national defense.Admission RequirementsStudents making application for initial admission to the major in economics mustmeet the following requirements:1 Completion of 58 or more credit hours with a cumulative grade-point average of2.5 or better;2. Completion of each of the following courses with a grade of C or better: Econ.54, 55, and 125;3. Completion of Engl. 1 and 2, and4. A semester of calculus with a grade of C or better and Math. 128 or 15.Degree RequirementsEcon. 54, 55, 1 25, 21 1 , 21 2, and one of the following courses: Econ. 110,216,and 270. Any student planning to pursue graduate work in economics should takeMath. 15 and 16. Additional recommended courses can be determined in consultationwith an economics adviser.Majors are also required to take 15 additional hours of economics coursesnumbered 100 or above for a minimum of 27 upper-division course hours in economics.Economics majors must maintain a grade-point average of 2.0 for all economicscourses (to be computed using the last grade earned in each economics course).106 College of Arts and Sciences