经济学文学硕士

霍华德大学经济学系为学生提供了经济学理论及其应用的坚实基础。与此相辅相成的是，努力培养出能够使用定量工具进行分析的学生。最先进的计算机实验室对此进行了补充。经济学课程为华盛顿的研究和决策机构提供了获得经验和就业的独特机会。这两个计划都提供增长与发展，国际，城市和劳工方面的专业。这些研究领域中的每一个领域都允许学生从经济计量学，经济学理论和国际经济学等产品中选择一系列互补的课程。
The Howard University Department of Economics trains leaders for America and the Global Community.<br>Graduates of the Department include Dr. Samuel Z. Westerfield, Jr. for whom the National Economics Association named its most prestigious award for economists who make outstanding contributions to economics and as teachers, researchers and public servants. Westerfield held many posts in academia, including a visiting position at the Harvard Business School and as Dean of the School of Business at Atlanta University (with his noted colleague Whitney M. Young, the Dean of the School of Social Work), and as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia (1969-1972), and as Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for African Affairs. <br><br>Alums also include Dr. Sadie Gregory, Acting President, Coppin State University, Dr. Akpan Ekpo, Vice Chancellor of Akwa Ibom State University of Technology in Nigeria, Chair of the Akwa Ibom Investment and Industrial Promotion Council and Member of the Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and, Dr. Gwendolyn Flowers, who served as Chief Economist for the U.S. Department of Commerce and as the chief economist for the D.C. Financial Control Board, Dr. Marva Corley is an Economics Affairs Officer with the United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs, Cheryl Hill Lee is a Statistician Economist at the U.S. Census Bureau where she coordinates the report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage. Last year's undergraduate majors went on to pursue doctorates in economics, work for investment banking firms, work for big six accounting firms, work for the Peace Corps, work for major retailers and manufacturing firms and take government positions, reflecting the range of careers that economists pursue.