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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

International Economics and Modern Languages, B.A.


Return to: 2110 Department of Economics  

Complete descriptions of requirements for the Core IMPACTS of the Undergraduate Curriculum can be found in the “1400 University Degree Requirements and Graduation  ” chapter of this catalog. The number of semester hours credit required for each section is shown in parentheses.

Degree Requirements


Georgia State University undergraduate students must achieve an overall institutional grade-point average (GPA) of 2.0 and a major  GPA of 2.0 to receive a bachelor’s degree from the University. Grades of C- can be used to satisfy graduation requirements in Major and Elective Requirements sections. However, some courses have prerequisites that require a grade of C or higher (see 1460 GPA Requirement  for additional information).

Core IMPACTS (42 Credit Hours)


See 1410 Core Curriculum Requirements  in the Undergraduate Catalog.

  • Institutioinal Priority (4 Credit Hours)
  • Mathematics & Quantitative Skills (3-4 Credit Hours)
  • Political Science and U.S. History (6 Credit Hours)
  • Arts, Humanities & Ethics (6 Credit Hours)
  • Communicating in Writing (6 Credit Hours)
  • Technology, Mathematics, & Sciences (11 Credit Hours)
  • Social Sciences (6 Credit Hours)

Field of Study - IEML (18 Credit Hours)


Note: Students who have not already attained elementary-level proficiency in their chosen language will be required to take prerequisite courses: CHIN, FREN, GRMN, or SPAN 1001 and/or SPAN 1002. In that case, the 1002 language course may be used to satisfy 3 semester hours of the Arts, Humanities & Ethics Core IMPACT requirement.

Students who have already attained intermediate-level competency in the primary language may substitute 1000/2000 level courses in another language for CHIN, FREN, GRMN, or SPAN 1001/SPAN 2002 (or SPAN 2203 or SPAN 2501) upon approval of the Department of World Languages and Cultures advisor.

Required Courses (9 Credit Hours)


Elective (3 Credit Hours)


  • One 1000/2000 level course. Students with a language concentration in Spanish must choose SPAN 2203 or SPAN 2501 as the elective in the Field of Study section.

Modern Language Requirements (6 Credit Hours)


Select one of the following four language options:

Major Requirements


Georgia State University undergraduate students must achieve an overall institutional grade-point average (GPA) of 2.0 and a Major GPA of 2.0 to receive a bachelor’s degree from the University. Grades of C- can be used to satisfy graduation requirements in the Major Requirements sections. However, some courses have prerequisites that require a grade of C or higher (see 1460 GPA Requirement  for additional information).

Economics Curriculum (24 Credit Hours)


Languages Curriculum (24 Hours)


Chinese Language and Society (24 Credit Hours)

Chinese Language and Society CTW Course (3 Credit Hours)

Interdisciplinary Studies (3 Credit Hours): Choose 1 course from the following list.

German (24 Credit Hours)

French (24 Credit Hours)

French CTW Course (3 Credit Hours)

Culture and Language Studies (21 Credit Hours): Choose 7 from the following list.

Students are strongly encouraged to take FREN 4033  and FREN 4043 .

Korean Studies (24 Credit Hours)

Spanish (24 Credit Hours)

Spanish CTW Course (3 Credit Hours)

Electives (12 Credit Hours)


  • These 12 semester hours can be at any level. Elective courses to complement the major are selected in consultation with the faculty mentor or undergraduate advisor in the University Advisement Center or Office of Academic Assistance.

Total Semester Hours for Degree: 120 Credit Hours