The Department of Economics main office will be closed on Friday's until mid August. Our staff will be available virtually for our usual office hours of 9am-4pm. If you hope to visit our office this summer, please plan accordingly!
In Economics, you learn a powerful toolkit for understanding the world – and once you have it, you can apply it to almost any issue.
Economics gives you a way to ask better questions, weigh trade‑offs, and make sense of complex choices. It trains you to think systematically about how people, resources, and incentives interact – and why decisions, both big and small, matter.
You’ll use one analytical toolkit to look at many different problems, drawing connections across social, political, and real‑world contexts. You’ll develop quantitative, analytical, and decision‑making skills that help you cut through uncertainty and understand how the world actually works.
Just as important, you’ll learn how to think like an economist – a mindset that stays with you long after graduation. That perspective gives you an advantage: the ability to approach unfamiliar problems with clarity, evidence, and confidence. Whether you pursue careers in policy, business, healthcare, law, research, or social impact, an Economics degree prepares you to adapt, analyze, and lead in a constantly changing world.
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