The department offers minors in Accounting, Economics, Human Resources and Marketing. Regardless of the area of concentration, all students master an overall understanding of economics and business through general departmental courses taken in the first two years. Interdisciplinary Majors Westminster provides students with the opportunity to mix disciplines through interdisciplinary programs. These majors are structured alternatives to conventional majors, allowing students to combine interests in more than one field and expand their career options. The economics and business department is involved to varying degrees in the following interdisciplinary majors.
Students can also develop their own individualized interdisciplinary majors to fit specific needs.
Financial Economics includes courses from Accounting, Business Administration and Economics to provide a solid quantitative background in Finance and Economics for students pursuing careers in banking, economic forecasting, or funds management. Psychology Human Resources includes courses from Business, Economics, Mathematics, and Psychology. This major gives students background for personnel work and human relations in business and industrial settings. International Business combines Business, Economics, Modern Languages, Mathematics, and Political Science. Students in this program graduate with a background in the international aspects of Economics and Business and proficiency in a second language.