Economics Minor
Program description
The economics curriculum is designed to ensure that students will be able to:
1. Explain and illustrate how the methods of social science are applied by economists to problems of human interaction.
2. Describe and analyze the structure of markets and other key economic institutions.
3. Understand and explain the functioning of the United States and world economies.
4. Apply both economic theory and the quantitative tools of economics to specific problems or questions.
5. Find economic data and read applied economic research.
1. Explain and illustrate how the methods of social science are applied by economists to problems of human interaction.
2. Describe and analyze the structure of markets and other key economic institutions.
3. Understand and explain the functioning of the United States and world economies.
4. Apply both economic theory and the quantitative tools of economics to specific problems or questions.
5. Find economic data and read applied economic research.