This handout outlines how your training relates to job skills, and briefly illustrates some of your options so you can explore your interests. This means communicating with a variety of audiences in a variety of formats. In economics, you will learn to communicate your ideas in writing through essay exams, papers, and homework. In addition, the small class sizes in the upper level classes allows you the opportunity to speak in class. All of these tools improve your interpersonal communication skills.
Some classes also present the opportunity to work with other students explicitly.
Quantitative communication skills. This means the ability to understand numbers and their importance, and the ability to communicate quantitative information to others. All these graphs in economics represent quantitative concepts, and as an economics major you will certainly have no fear of graphs. Further, many classes use explicit numerical problem solving. Analytical problem solving skills.