Overview
The Economics program at Science & Arts is designed to give students a broad range of exposure to economic theory and applications. Because economics seeks to understand how societies arrange complex systems of production and distribution within larger political, cultural and social institutions, it is necessarily interdisciplinary in nature. The Economics program thus draws from the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, mathematics and other liberal arts disciplines.
The major offers two curriculum options. Students may choose a Bachelor of Arts degree with a social science emphasis, or a Bachelor of Arts degree with a business emphasis. The social science emphasis prepares students well for graduate studies in economics and other social sciences, as well as law school and employment in business, government and teaching. The business emphasis, which combines the social science nature of economics with practical business applications, prepares students well for graduate business programs as well as a business career.