Economics Honors Program, B.A. or B.S.
Program Transfer Guide
Morgan State University
Effective
Fall, 2024 - Current
Instruction Methods
In person
About the Program
Mission
Consistent with the mission of Morgan State University and the College of Liberal Arts, the economics program seeks to provide top-class educational opportunity for students coming from diverse backgrounds. As a part of its offering in the general education sequence, the economics curriculum provides a comprehensive program of studies as a discipline. We prepare students who plan to get into the job market in the private and public sectors; and also those who plan to pursue higher studies leading to graduate and professional degrees.
The Department of Economics is responsible for broadening economic literacy among Morgan State University students in order for them to identify economic problems, alternatives, costs and benefits, to master a basic level of economic literacy as a way to help them to better comprehend the world. This will help them to make wise choices in an increasingly globalized world characterized by continuous shifts and changes. For non-economics majors and economics minors, the goal is the attainment of a sufficient level of economic literacy to allow students to understand how the market system works and how decisions about resource allocations are made.
Goals
The Department of Economics strives to:
- Promote economic literacy among Morgan State University students;
- Promote effective learning through student participation;
- Increase the number of students that pursue economics as a major and minor;
- Prepare its majors for graduate study or for careers in administration, banking, business, consulting, government, international relations, law, urban affairs, NGO’s and other related fields of endeavor;
- Increase the number of minors and non-major students who take upper level courses;
- Build and sustain external relations with alumni government, and other constituents.
Objectives:
The Departmental Honors Program in Economics is a complement to—and is intended to be pursued during the junior and senior years after completion of—the university-wide Honors Program in the General Education Program. The Departmental Honors Program is designed to broaden the range and increase the depth of study in the major by providing opportunities for (1) developing advanced analytical and critical thinking skills specific to the discipline; (2) reading extensively and intensively the seminal great books in the field; (3) investigating, conducting research on and defending a topic, thesis, or project, (4) laying the foundation for life-long, independent learning; and (5) developing a sense of belonging in the Community of Scholars and a commitment to the advancement of knowledge.
Eligibility
To qualify for admission to the Departmental Honors Program in Economics, students: (1) must have earned a minimum of 56 credits, at least 25 of which must have been earned at Morgan; (2) must have a cumulative average of 3.4 or higher, (3) must have a major average of 3.4 or higher in all required and supporting courses completed for the major, and (4) must file a formal application, be interviewed, and be admitted to the Program by the Department.