经济学文学学士

经济学通过分析社会和市场如何分配稀缺资源，激励机制如何塑造人类行为以及为什么在几乎所有公共政策选择中都需要权衡取舍，为此类问题提供了答案。专业培养分析和定量技能，包括建模和数据分析。他们了解可以解释经济增长，失业，通货膨胀和汇率波动的宏观经济关系。他们还研究了公共部门，产业组织，劳动力和人力资源，卫生，自然资源使用，环境，贸易与发展的微观经济学。
Economics provides answers to questions like these by analyzing how societies and markets allocate scarce resources, how incentives shape human behavior and why there are tradeoffs in virtually all public policy options. Majors develop analytical and quantitative skills including modeling and data analysis. They understand macroeconomic relationships that explain economic growth, unemployment and inflation and exchange rate fluctuations. They also study the microeconomics of the public sector, industrial organization, labor and human resources, health, natural resource use, the environment, trade and development. Our graduates go on to careers in consulting, banking, finance, teaching and government. The major also provides excellent preparation for advanced degrees in Economics, Business, Planning, Medical School and Law. Economics students make particularly good law school applicants (and outperform other majors on the LSAT), likely because both fields emphasize highly analytical thinking. The major is an excellent choice for those interested in public policy and market research and students pursuing careers in business, government and non-profit organizations. An economics major is also highly desirable for students planning to go on to study law, business, public administration, geography and international affairs at the graduate level.