经济学理学学士

经济学研究了社会如何选择在竞争性用途之间分配稀缺资源。在自然资源和环境经济学，经济发展与增长，国际贸易与金融，经济历史，产业组织，法律的发展与效率，商业周期，劳动力市场，以及公共和私人融资。专业经济学家在三个基本领域工作：商业，政府和学术界。如果他们希望成为专业的经济学家，则本科生通常会在其经济学学士学位之外继续接受培训。商业领域的人士可以预测和分析经济或特定市场的各个方面，并且通常在经纪公司，商业或经济咨询公司，投资银行，保险公司或大型制造公司工作。
The Department of Economics shares with other departments a commitment to the Mission and Aims of Brigham Young University. It has been our goal to purposefully design a curriculum that will provide our majors with one of the best undergraduate economics programs in the country. ​<br><br>​A careful study of economics facilitates effective decision making and enhances our students' understanding, participation in, and contribution to the world in which they live in areas such as: ​<br><br>Economic growth<br>Levels of employment<br>Inflation<br>International trade<br>Globalization<br>Taxation<br>Finance ​<br>Consequences of alternative economic policies<br>Costs and benefit analysis of alternative proposals​​