What drives human progress? Why do some societies prosper while others remain poor? What are the economic policies essential to the "Good Society"?

These questions are fundamental to understanding the human condition, and are at the heart of the economics discipline.

The Samuel J. Campbell Department of Economics and Management provides three majors-economics, economics and management, and business administration-to allow students to attain their own goals and objectives. All department majors are designed to provide a basic understanding of the framework and key institutions of modern economic systems. Each major also provides students with the opportunity to develop expertise in quantitative analysis of economic and business data. Because the conduct of commerce in today's world increasingly requires knowledge of economic and political relations between countries, students receive the opportunity to develop expertise in international economics and business.

THE MAJORS

Through classroom work and experiential learning opportunities, the Department of Economics & Management gives students the tools they need to better understand the complexities of the global marketplace, and helps to develop the vision for how they can make a difference in the fields of business and public policy. The Department offers three majors—Economics, Business Administration, and Economics and Management—so that students, working with their professors, can personalize their program of study to attain their own goals and objectives.

Entrepreneurship, leadership and international study are especially emphasized in our department. Entrepreneurship is not only the engine that drives the economy forward, it is also a principal means by which people express their creativity and individual spirit to the world. Through courses like the Entrepreneur's Workshop, we help students see how they can put their liberal arts education to work in the world, developing and exercising their skills as leaders.

We are committed to teaching economics from an international perspective, reflected not only in the many courses we offer that focus on areas outside the US and on international themes, but also by the research interests of the faculty that include Eastern & Central Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, and by the international diversity of our students.

CAREERS & GRAD SCHOOL

Graduates are well prepared to pursue careers in banking, consulting, international business, public service and research. Graduates pursue further study in business, law, public policy, or economics at renowned schools such as Columbia, Harvard, London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Wharton School, Stanford, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Yale.