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Welcome to the Department of Economics!
The department offers a major and minor leading to a Bachelor of
Arts degree to prepare students for careers in business and government,
the study of law, and graduate work in economics, management, public
policy, and related fields. Business careers requiring the analytical
training of an economist in banking, management, insurance, marketing
research, and securities trading. Economists who work for government
agencies assess economic conditions in the United States and abroad
and predict the economic impact of specific changes in legislation
or public policy. Government careers include those in foreign and
intelligence service, regulatory agencies, and international trade.
Economics majors must complete a minor (or another major) in a discipline outside economics. The department strongly encourages majors to choose a discipline that complements their chosen career path or builds on their analytical training. Suggested minors include: political science, business, sociology, a foreign language, computer science, and mathematics.
The department faculty welcomes and encourages student
interaction with other students and the faculty
through activities such as UROP (Undergraduate
Research Opportunities Program) projects,
ODE (Omicron Delta Epsilon honorary society for
economics), and the Economics Club. Students
are encouraged to attend the meetings of
these organizations to find other students interested
in economics and to talk to individual faculty
members about the various activities
of the department. Jim Skurla, Acting Director
of the LSBE Bureau of Business and Economic Research,
and Curt Anderson, Director of the Center
for Economic
Education would welcome questions about their
activities. And of course, please feel free to
contact me or our departmental secretary Becky
Skurla with any questions you have about our
department.
Last modified on:
March 24, 2006
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