经济学

经济学 is a way of thinking about every aspect of human behavior – it can explain the management strategies of a business firm to why individuals partake in crime. 经济学 majors are trained to tackle problems by applying the “economic approach,” which relates the basic principles of rational choice to business decisions, public policy issues, 和日常生活.

经济学 majors have the ability to enter fields including law, 政治, 银行, 政府服务, 市场研究, 保险, 房地产, and non-profit organizations among others.

What makes our 经济学 program distinctive?

连接:

  • Connect with professional economists and business executives through monthly 经济学 Club meetings.
  • Participate in trips to visit the Federal Reserve Bank of St. 路易 or UBS London while studying abroad at Harlaxton College.
  • Work with faculty on academic research related to current economic issues.

严格

  • 100 percent of economic students complete an internship.
  • Study a variety of subjects including 国际 Trade, 货币经济学, Environmental 经济学, and Economic Development from faculty performing research in these fields.
  • Obtain skills in data analysis valuable in the current job market.
  • Learn two popular statistical software packages (Stata and R) used by economists and business analysts.

明亮的期货:

  • Recent graduates have earned positions at Berry Global, 花旗银行, Liberty Federal Credit Union, 富兰克林邓普顿, and The Boston Red Sox.
  • 经济学 graduates have pursued graduate degrees at institutions like Clemson University, Northern Illinois University and Barcelona Graduate School of 经济学.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 经济学 Major

This degree requires completion of 124 semester hours, allocated as follows:

General Education – 38 hours including Quantitative Methods 227; Management 497

Common Core – 45 hours: The purpose of the common core is to provide students with careful preparation in the fundamental tools of decision making and leadership. All Schroeder School of Business Accounting Students complete the following courses: Accounting 210, 211, 321, 398; Business 100, 200, 400; 经济学 101,102; Finance 361; Logistics/Supply Chain Management 315; Law 201; Management 331, 377; Marketing 325; Quantitative Methods 160.

经济学 Major – 18 hours经济学345, 346; four or more courses selected from the following: ECON 300, 320, 372, 400, 425, 435, 470, 497, 380, 395; May substitute two 300/400 level courses (6 hours) with a prefix of ACCT, 公共汽车, CS, 鳍, 法律, LSCM, 本, MKT, QM或STAT.