Degree Requirements

Smith Scholars are required to major in one of the WCB’s degree programs (Accounting, Business Analytics, Economics, Entrepreneurial Studies, Finance, International Business, Management, Marketing). Upon graduation, Smith Scholars receive a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in a WCB major, a minor in Political Economy, and a graduate designation as a Smith Scholar. Smith Scholars honors courses count as University Scholars honors courses and Smith Scholars can participate in both programs.

In addition to the Xavier University undergraduate core curriculum, the WCB business core, and an approved WCB major, the Smith Scholars Program in Business requires completion of a minor in Political Economy.

Program Highlights

University Core Requirements taken as a cohort:

PHIL 100 – Ethics as Introduction to Philosophy
CLAS 205 – Classical Literature and Moral Imagination
PHIL 200 – Philosophical Perspectives
PHIL 397/POLI 415 – The Paris Seminar in Political Theory.
ARTS 111 – Creative Perspectives

WCB Business Core Requirements taken as a cohort:

ECON 200 – Microeconomic Principles
ECON 201 – Macroeconomic Principles
ECON 300 – International Trade & Business Environment
BLAW 300 – Legal Environment of Business

Requirements for the Political Economy Minor:

15 credit hours are required for the minor consisting of the following courses:

POLI 347 – Supreme Court on Civil Liberties (3)
FINC 370 – Financial Markets and Institutions (3)
BLAW 400 – Regulatory Environment of Business (3)
ECON 315 – History of Economic Thought (3)
ECON 340 – Economic Theory and Applications in Public Policy (3)

Requirements for the Data & Markets Minor:

15 credit hours are required for the minor consisting of the following courses:

ECON 305 – Microeconomic Analysis or ECON 306 – Macroeconomic Analysis (3)
ECON 307 – Empirical Analyses in Economics (3)
ECON 470 – International Macroeconomics & Policy or ECON 480 – Applied Research Methods in Economics (3)
FINC 365 – Investments or FINC 401– Intermediate Finance or FINC 385 – Financial Modeling or FINC 350– Financial Statement Analysis or FINC 390– Firm Valuation (3)
BAIS 462 – Programming for Analytics (3)

Optional: