Economics provides students with an understanding of both the economic principles that underlie business decisions and the environment in which all businesses operate. Business Economics at Bentley is a unique, blended degree that delivers a strong economics foundation with the flexibility to explore another business discipline.

Building on the foundation provided by the General Education and Business Core curriculum, the Business Economics major consists of core economics courses and a business concentration. The core and elective economics courses provide students with a deep understanding of how markets operate at the micro and macro levels, and introduce different areas of study within economics. Students complement their study of economics by either taking additional economics courses through the Economic Analysis Concentration or by taking additional courses in one of many other business concentrations (see below). Culminating the experience of the Business Economics major is the capstone course, EC 431 Research in Business Economics, where students research and test an economic theory around their business concentration.

The major is designed to prepare well-rounded students with an in-depth knowledge and practical skills for a variety of careers, including consulting, banking, market research, data analysis, credit analysis and sales.

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Required Courses		27
EC 224	Intermediate Price Theory	3
EC 225	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
EC 282	Introduction to Econometrics	3
EC 431	Research in Business Economics	3
Two Economics (EC) Electives (may be fulfilled by an EC course not otherwise required)		6
In addition, Business Economics majors must take at least three courses within their concentration:		9
Economic Analysis
Entrepreneurship
Information Technology
International Business
Law
Management
Marketing
Special Topics (custom concentration)

Economic Analysis Concentration

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
EC 382	Time Series Analysis	3
Two Economics (EC) electives		6

Entrepreneurship Concentration

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
MG 335	Entrepreneurial Thinking	3
MG 336	New Venture Planning and Financing	3
Choose one of the following:		3
MG 338	Launching Your Business
MG 360	Negotiating
PRS 339	Effective Selling

Information Technology Concentration

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
CS 150	Introduction to Data and Information Management	3
Two Computer Information Systems (CS) or Information and Process Managmeent (IPM) courses		6

International Business Concentration

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Choose one of the following:		3
EC 311	International Economics
EC 315	The Economics of Multinational Corporations
EC 321	International Economic Growth and Development
EC 333	Economics of the European Union
Choose two of the following:		6
AC 381	International Accounting
FI 351	International Finance
or FI 352	International Project Finance
LA 308	International Business Law
MG 331	Management of International Operations
or MG 332	Managing in the Global Business Environment
or MG 334	International Management Behavior
MK 367	International Marketing

Law Concentration

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Two 200-level or higher Law (LA) electives		6
One other Law (LA) elective		3

Management Concentration

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
MG 240	Interpersonal Relations in Management	3
MG 345	Organizations, Society and Responsible Management	3
One Management (MG) elective		3

Marketing Concentration

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Three Marketing (MK) electives		9

Special Topics (custom designed concentration)

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Three electives chosen in consultation with faculty advisor		9