Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Economics


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Website: www.iup.edu/economics
David B. Yerger, Chair

Economics provides a background and educational base that open a broad range of professional, educational, and vocational opportunities. As part of a Humanities and Social Sciences degree, a bachelor of arts degree program in economics provides a liberal arts education, as well as professional and technical training. Indeed, many students completing an undergraduate major in economics do not pursue careers as professional economists; they enter such fields as law, management, finance, and labor relations. By helping to develop a student’s ability to think and communicate, economics provides a firm foundation upon which the student can build any one of a large number of possible careers.

The bachelor of arts program in economics prepares students for immediate employment or graduate school in economics, business, policy analysis, and law. Students interested in law are encouraged to do the pre-law minor.

Either ECON 101  or ECON 121  counts as a Liberal Studies social science course. However, ECON 101  is intended for students who will take only one course in the field. Students who anticipate taking more than one economics course should schedule ECON 121 . ECON 101  will not count toward either a major or minor in economics and may not be taken after the successful completion of, or in concurrent registrations with, any other economics course.

Economics majors are encouraged to minor in one of the other social sciences, business administration, mathematics, or applied statistics.

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