Specific topics include agriculture, healthcare, crime, finance, production, international trade, labor, taxation, politics, the environment, and many others. Although undergraduate Economics majors typically command higher starting salaries than most other business majors, many Economics graduates choose to attend graduate school, enhancing their career opportunities. A major in Economics provides outstanding preparation for the M.B.A. degree and an Economics degree is regarded as an excellent background for the study of Law. The Economics Faculty Members of our Economics faculty have won several major teaching and research awards given at the University of West Florida. Members of the faculty have published their research in top Economics journals and lectured or worked in over a dozen foreign countries.
Several faculty are active consultants to a wide variety of businesses and public agencies.
All of our Economics faculty invite you to contact them personally to discuss your academic and career goals. Michelle Steward, M.B.A. History of economic thought. A minor is also available. Being market oriented simply means that an organization considers the needs and wants of its customers as crucial input in every decision that it makes. To successfully accomplish this goal, the organization must develop and nurture close relationships with its customers.