The Applied Economics major is a flexible major with strong cores of economics, communications and liberal arts, and a wide choice of professional and technical applications areas. No two graduates have identical programs. The Applied Economics major prepares students for careers in private industry, government agencies, agribusinesses, or for graduate work.
Students can also develop their own area of emphasis.
Potential jobs for students with these skills range from the traditional areas of management, finance, and marketing, to international trade work, domestic and international development work in both public and private jobs, environmental impact assessment, resource management and use, and government jobs in planning, taxation, and development, or jobs with government agencies. Entry-level jobs are often in merchandising and sales positions, credit analysis, management and management trainees, and other customer contact positions. The Department is highly rated nationally and internationally for its teaching and research programs. Almost all classes are taught by professors, not graduate assistants. The current department head was formerly coordintor of an undergraduate major, and demonstrates his continuing commitment to teaching by teaching an undergraduate course himself.