Graduates with the B.A. degree find employment opportunities are the greatest in business and government. In consultation with an advisor in the Department of Economics, five courses can be selected from the Departmental offerings with at least two at the junior and senior level. Intermediate Microeconomics are strongly recommended. Economics majors must still take both macro and micro economics. American Economic Systems Focuses on the fundamental ideology, mechanics, development, and contemporary state of American economic system with reference to the global economy.
Course is recommended for all students who want only a one semester course in economics.
This course analyzes the overall level of economic activity in the United States and examines its major determinants, public stabilization policies, economic growth and international trade. This course analyzes resource allocation among alternative uses. It studies consumer demand, product and factor price determination, general equilibrium and optimal income distribution. This course investigates the development of economic thought. It analyzes the significant contri- bution of philosophers and economists from the works of Plato to those of Keynes.