Economics

The B.A. degree program in Economics allows students to choose from three concentrations: financial and international economics, urban economics and public policy, and economic analysis. The BA in economics develops critical thinking and communication skills that come with a liberal arts degree, rather than specific skills and knowledge useful to businesses. By combining liberal arts critical thinking skills with analytical skills, a BA prepares students for a broad range of private and public sector careers, as well as for graduate study.

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. Written Communication

   • Cultivate the ability to draft and revise written material and the skills needed to edit one’s work. ECON  4400W, Advanced Economic and Business Statistics, is designated as a writing intensive course.

2. Quantitative Reasoning

   • Utilize statistical software

   • Econometrics—Describe a regression model of an economic theory and estimate the model using actual economic data.

   • Solve unconstrained and constrained optimization problems and apply the techniques in economics.

3. Critical Thinking

   • Evaluate arguments and propositions logically through the use algebraic, graphical and verbal models.

4. Information Literacy

   • Use databases such as Econ Lit, Scopusand Lexis-Nexis to review and synthesize theoretical and empirical literature in a given subfield of economics.

5. Ethical Awareness

   • Develop an understanding of the moral and ideological issues underlying economic theory and how this leads to competing worldviews