Phone: 414-472-1361-----E-Mail: economics@uwwvax.uww.edu
Faculty: Jeremy Arkes, Ashok Bhargava, William Blankenau, John Dominguez, Joseph Domitrz, Ronald Dunbar, Stuart Glosser, Kirk Kim (Chairperson), Jerome Laurent, L. Denton Marks, Susan Parks, Thomas Schweigert, Sandra Snow, Michelle Trawick, Gerald Weston, Abdullah Zarinnia
Economics occupies a unique position in the academic curriculum. It is a social science concerned with choices made by individuals and society regarding resource allocation. At the same time, economics is essential to understanding the business world and provides the foundation for applications in accounting, finance, management and marketing.
There are a variety of ways to include economics in an undergraduate degree. Students can major in economics within the College of Letters and Sciences or within the College of Business and Economics. Students from the College of Letters and Sciences can combine a major in economics with a professional minor in business studies. Students from the College of Business and Economics who are not economics majors can obtain a minor in economics. Students in the College of Education can obtain a BSE with a major in economics.
Economics is divided into economic theory, quantitative methods and a variety of applied sub-fields. The department offers courses in Comparative Economics, Economic Development, Economics of Health Care, Industrial organization, International Economics, Labor, Managerial Economics, Monetary Economics, Natural and Environmental Resource Economics, Public Economics, and Urban and Regional Economics. Economic theory and quantitative methods provide students with analytical skills and with the tools of empirical investigation.
An economics education opens up opportunities for career paths in business, government, nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations, hournalism and education. Economics is valuable as a major or minor for those planning to pursue further professional or graduate training: MBA, law, public policy and administration, industrial and labor relations, and international relations. Students who are considering graduate work in economics or related business disciplines should consider a minor in mathematics or a double major in economics and mathematics.
The department encourages students to plan their degree programs with career goals in mind. The following are several alternatives:
Business- Major in a business discipline with a minor in economics,
or major in economics with a professional minor in business studies.
Government
- Major in economics and minor in a related field, or double major in economics
and political science, or double major in economics and public policy and
administration.
International - Major in economics with an
international emphasis, or double major in economics and international studies.
Pre-Professional (law, MBA) - Major in economics and minor in a related field.
Graduate
Study (economics) - Major in economics with a minor in mathematics, or
double major in economics and mathematics.
Nongovernmental and Non
profit Organizations - Major in economics and minor in a related field.
The department of economics offers courses in the following areas:
Economic Theory - 211, 212, 411, 412, 404, 413
Quantitative Methods -
245, 345, 461
Public Economics and Public Policy - 356, 438, 445, 471
International
- 360, 401, 406, 431, 451, 459
Monetary and Financial Economics - 354, 402,
406
Government, Business and Labor - 324, 341, 353, 437, 441
MAJOR - 21 CREDITS
Students in the College of Letters and Sciences are required to have:
MAJOR - 27 CREDITS & 2.00 GPA
UNIQUE MAJOR AND WRITING REQ. - 9-11 CREDITS
AN APPROVED MINOR IS REQUIRED FOR THIS MAJOR
LICENSURE - 37-38 CREDITS
MAJOR - 34 CREDITS
WRITING - 3 CREDITS
AN APPROVED MINOR IS REQUIRED FOR THIS MAJOR
LICENSURE - 42-43 CREDITS
MAJOR - 54 CREDITS
WRITING - 3 CREDITS
LICENSURE - 42-43 CREDITS
MAJOR - 54 CREDITS
WRITING - 3 CREDITS
MINOR - 20 CREDITS
MINOR - 22 CREDITS
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