The Economics Department offers a broad-based curriculum that provides students with a solid foundational understanding of economic principles and theories and the ability to tailor their studies toward a particular specialty area, such as business, law, education, international affairs, public policy, finance or research.
Courses are taught by dedicated, highly educated professors who have vast experience in economics and a variety of interest areas. Students have significant opportunities for professional development through involvement in the Center for Economic Education, the Eastern Economic Association Conference, and Econ Society, which provides opportunities to interact with fellow students and faculty, increase awareness and appreciation of economics and gain insights from experts in the field. Graduates of the program are poised to excel in law school, graduate programs and a variety of career fields such as law, finance, government and business.
Steven Bolduc, economics, has an article accepted for publication in the “Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.” The article, “Curricular Placement of Academic Service-Learning in Higher Education,” written with Dr. Amy Phillips of University of North Dakota, explores curricular placement themes in the service-learning literature and reviews findings from two surveys conducted by the [...]
Sandra Hanson McPherson, Millersville University, and Oscar Flores, economics, published the paper “Provincial Disparities and Structural Unemployment in Canada” in the latest issue of the journal, Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies.
Tanner McCarty will receive a renewable tuition waiver and assistantship valued at more than $40,000 to attend Purdue University to study natural resource economics this fall. Kegan Reiswig will receive a very similar renewable assistantship for graduate study at the University of Illinois in natural resource economics. In the past three years, six economics majors [...]
Economics faculty member, T. J. Hansen, was one of several researchers from across the U.S. interviewed by Congressional Quarterly Researcher and featured in the article, “Attracting Jobs – Do tax breaks for business spur employment?” The article is accessible using CQ Researcher Online. Congressional Quarterly Researcher is nationally recognized for publishing weekly reports on economics, health, [...]
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