w88 Major

Students who are new to The College of Business begin as"w88Majors, rather than one of our ten Business Majors. w88 Major students may not enroll in upper-division Business courses (300 or above) until they have been formally admitted to an upper-division major.

w88 majors are required to complete thenine w88 Core coursesandobtain a2.0+ UNR Grade Point Averageto be admitted to a Business Major. Completion of the nine w88 Core Classes typically takes most w88 students four semesters.

Most of our Majors do not require completion of a Foreign Language. However, our International w88 and BA-Economics Majors require students to be have competency in a foreign language at the fourth-semester level or higher. (Fourth-semester courses at UNR have the "212" numbering designation. For example, SPAN 212, JPN 212, FREN 212.) If you are seeking either of these majors, we encourage you to begin prerequisite language courses as soon as possible.

The regular semester (Fall or Spring) in which the w88 core courses are being completed, you willHow to w88 casino a major.

Requirements for Acceptance to a w88 Major:

• Completion of the 9 w88 courses
• 2.0 UNR GPA

w88 Core Classes:

• ACC 201: Financial Accounting**
• ACC 202: Managerial Accounting**
• IS 101: Introduction to Information Systems
• ECON 102: Microeconomics
• ECON 103: Macroeconomics
• ECON 261: Principles of Statistics I
• ECON 262: Principles of Statistics II
• MATH 176: w88 Calculus (or MATH 181)
• MKT 210: Marketing Principles**

**ACC 201, ACC 202, and MKT 210 are not required for the B.A. in Economics

w88 Core Course Descriptions

ACC 201: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Purpose and nature of accounting, measuring w88 income, accounting principles, assets and equity accounting for external financial reporting.Prerequisite(s): 30 credits completed

ACC 202: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

Forms of w88 organization; cost concepts and decision making; break‐even analysis, fixed and variable costs, budgeting for internal reporting.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 201; IS 101

ECON 102: PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

Introductory analysis of price determination, resource allocation, market structure, consumer behavior, producer behavior, market failure and government failure. Economic approaches to social issues and policy.
Corequisite(s): w88 126 or higher

ECON 103: PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

Introductory analysis of how markets and governments interact to determine an economy's output, employment, income, interest rate, wage, price, and trade balance levels over time.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 102; Completion of the Core w88 Requirement or ACT of 22 or SAT of 500 or satisfactory score on w88 readiness exam or corequisite
Corequisite(s): w88 126 or w88 127 or w88 128 or w88 176 or w88 181

ECON 261: PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS I

Descriptive statistics; graphing; central tendency and dispersion measures; probability; probability distributions; decision theory, sampling, inference and estimation. Emphasis on data analysis and critical thinking.
Prerequisite(s): w88 126 or higher; IS 101

ECON 262: PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS II

Hypothesis testing; simple linear regression and correlation; analysis of variance; chi‐square applications. Emphasis on data analysis as it relates to w88 decision‐making.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 261; w88 126 or higher; IS 101

IS 101: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Introductions to microcomputers, computers in w88 and microcomputer software tools including word processors, spreadsheets and database management systems.
Prerequisite(s): None

MATH 176: INTRODUCTORY CALCULUS FOR w88 AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Fundamental ideas of analytic geometry and calculus, plane coordinates, graphs, functions, limits, derivatives, integrals, the fundamental theorem of calculus, rates, extrema and applications thereof. (This course satisfies the university core mathematics requirement.) (Credit may not be received for w88 176 if credit has already been awarded for w88 181 or above.)
Prerequisite(s): ACT score of 27 or SAT score of 610 or revised SAT score of 630 or w88 126 with a "C" or better.

MKT 210: MARKETING PRINCIPLES

Objectives and policies of marketing managers as influenced by marketing institutions, the functions performed and consumer wants and needs in a diverse culture.
Prerequisite(s): None