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Program Description:

Economics is a social science that studies how people manage resources and how they can make the best use of available resources. Economics majors learn to make decisions that are vital to the success of government agencies, businesses, and nonprofits.

Program Learning Outcomes Graduates will be able to: Make the best use of resources. Look at problems faced by individuals, private organizations, government, and society in a logical and ordered way. Understand economic models in domestic and global contexts and how to analyze individual decision making, think critically about different models, and evaluate their assumptions, implications and applications to real world problems. Be able to examine the performance and functioning of government, markets, and institutions in the larger context of social and economic problems. Become familiar with salient developments in the world economy, in both present-day and historical contexts and as a result be well prepared for a wide array of occupations, giving them many career options and tremendous flexibility on the job market. Acquire necessary mathematical and statistical skills to be able to analyze economic problems and to make use of those skills. Understand both the quantitative techniques and real world applications necessary for success.