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Economics Minor for Teacher Certification

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The Economics Minor for Teacher Certification helps prepare students for careers in education at the middle school and high school levels. The curriculum is aligned with the national and Michigan standards and reflects close coordination between Economics and Teacher Education departments. (20-22 credits)

Required Core Courses (14-15 cr)

One course from:

ECON 125 - Introduction to Economics (GE6) 3 cr
ECON 221 - Principles of Macroeconomics (GE7) 4 cr

and

ECON 222 - Principles of Microeconomics 4 cr
ECON 321 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 4 cr
ECON 441 - International Economics 3 cr

Electives (5-6 cr)

Additional electives from the following to total 20 credits of Economics.

ECON 303 - Environmental Economics 2-3 cr
ECON 313 - Money and Financial Institutions 4 cr
ECON 322 - Intermediate Microeconomics 4 cr
ECON 325 - Economics of Competitive Sports 4 cr

Methods Course (3 cr)

TEMS 314 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies 3 cr