Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Students learn the skills needed to study shortages and rationing, exchange rates and speculation, inflation and recession, and monopoly and competition, as well as such social and political issues as pollution, energy, airport congestion, mass transit, the delivery of medical care, and even the personal choice of career and lifestyle. Economic theory clarifies and systematizes thinking on these matters, and a liberal arts curriculum trains students in the use of analytical tools.

The economics curriculum exposes students to the intellectual, historical, and institutional context of the discipline, integrating their study of economics with their liberal arts education as a whole. Economics courses train students to think analytically about economic and social problems and rationally about personal, public, and business decisions. Economics consists of a structured body of analytical principles that equip them with a logical, consistent approach both to the great issues of modern times and to the everyday choices that confront consumers, political leaders, businesses, and all individuals.