Economics

Students

Undergraduates

• Introduction
• Special Degree Requirements
• Suggested Course of Study
• Requirements for a Minor
• Teacher Preparation
• Economics Major Check List
• Scholarships

Graduates

• Introduction
• Special Degree Requirements
• Recent Graduates
• Economics Graduate Student Handbook

Introduction

Thomas M. Power, Professor Emeritus

The Department considers its teaching goals to be three-fold:

1. To present to students the basic theoretical tools of economic analysis, relevant facts and institutional material, which will assist them as civic leaders.
2. To introduce students majoring in economics to the various special fields of study within economics. This training along with extensive work in the other liberal arts and sciences, is intended to instill breadth of intellectual interest, critical habits of thought, a problem-solving attitude and facility of expression.
3. To help meet, through graduate work, the increasing demands for competent professional economists in industry, commerce, government and education.

Courses cover general economic theory, environmental economics, monetary theory, international economics, public finance, labor economics, regional and urban economics, economic development, comparative economic systems, econometrics, and economic philosophy.

Students may major in economics leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Graduate work leads to a Master of Arts degree in economics.