Economics Major, B.S.

经济学, 经济类
美国, 北美
本科
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专业介绍

The B.S. degree in economics provides an overview of methods for studying activity and outcomes in market settings and beyond, considers the impact of public policy and business activity through the lens of economic models, and covers techniques in quantitative and data analysis that are the foundation of modern economic analysis. Relative to the B.A. degree in economics, the B.S. degree puts a greater emphasis on quantitative methods and student-conducted economic research​, and it includes additional training beyond the B.A. degree. The B.S. degree is interdisciplinary, with required courses from mathematics, statistics and computer science. The B.S. major is classified as a STEM program with CIP code 45.0603.

This major provides the opportunity to achieve one or more of the following objectives:

  • General education for intelligent citizenship with special emphasis on economic principles and the quantitative methods that economists use in applied analysis.
  • Preparation for private employment, including finance, marketing, consulting, and data analytics.
  • Preparation for government employment, with emphasis on methods to analyze the impacts of public policy.
  • Preparation for graduate programs in economics, business administration, data analytics, international studies, law, health and hospital administration, city planning, public policy, and other fields.
  • Creation of double majors and interdisciplinary majors with other STEM disciplines.
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