The Economics Department at Knox stresses problem solving and writing, in particular, as skills necessary for a successful life and career. Students have the benefit of small classes, courses that include many research opportunities, access to numerous off-campus programs of special interest to economics majors, and professors who are both scholars and teachers. Curriculum in Economics All Knox economics majors take a core curriculum consisting of two course each in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and statistics, along with single courses in calculus and accounting. Among the electives in the department are such courses are American Economic History, Money and Banking, Labor Economics, Environmental Economics, International Economics, and Econometrics.
Majors also take a senior seminar which addresses the nature of economic theory as a whole.
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1972. Microeconomics, international economics, development, the Middle East. Steve Cohn Associate professor. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1986. Political economy, macroeconomics, environmental economics, economics of nuclear power.