Department of Economics (ECO)
Bryan School of Business & Economics

462 Bryan Building
(336) 334-5463
www.uncg.edu/bae/econ/

Introduction | ECO Courses Index | Economics Major BA | Economics Major BS | Economics Minor | Economics Second Major | Accelerated Master's Programs

Faculty

Stuart D. Allen, Professor and Head of Department

Professors Caldwell, Link, Neufeld, Ruhm; Associate Professors Layson, Leyden, McCrickard (Associate Dean), Snowden (Director of Graduate Studies); Assistant Professors Bearse, Rosenbaum; Lecturers Brod (Director of Office of Business and Economics Research), Borkoski, Redmond, Sarbaum, Vaidyanathan

Mission Statement

The mission of the Department of Economics supports the teaching, research and service mission of the University and the Bryan School of Business and Economics. We strive to offer professional business and liberal arts education that prepares students to enter the competitive global job market, to enhance their careers, and to earn graduate and professional degrees; to provide quality teaching in our mutually supportive undergraduate and graduate programs; to gain national recognition for our scholarship and our graduate programs; and to use our expertise and service to encourage economic understanding among North Carolina citizens and to foster economic development within the Triad and the state.

The Department of Economics provides students with an understanding of economic principles, concepts, and institutions and the ability to analyze economic problems and public policy issues. Economics is a social science concerned with public policy issues such as pollution and the environment, the health system, central bank policy and inflation, unemployment and the productivity of the labor force, economic growth, and international trade and finance.

The Economics Department offers two undergraduate degrees: a liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science through the Bryan School of Business and Economics. Requirements for the BS degree include a core of courses common to all professional degree programs in the Bryan School: twelve hours of economics and thirty-three hours in accounting, finance, management, and information systems and operations management, plus additional courses in economics to complete one of the five concentrations: Business and Pubic Policy; Applied Economic Analysis (quantitative and statistical analysis): Global Economic Policy; Economic Studies; and Financial Economics.

The BA degree allows a student to earn a liberal arts degree and to have the flexibility to double major. A major in economics can be combined with a major in areas such as international business studies, geography, political science, history, English, mathematics, and the sciences. Interdisciplinary work in the areas of the environment, regional development, public policy, health or gerontology can be taken by the enterprising student who seeks out appropriate coursework in a variety of departments. A degree in economics provides the student with enhanced access to the job market and to graduate and professional schools. Additional statistical and quantitative coursework allows a student to develop research skills and computer expertise that are very important for the job market and for entry into graduate programs.

The Economics Department offers a Master of Arts degree in Applied Economics that provides the student with the theoretical and statistical training to enter the job market as a professional economist employable by state and federal government agencies including the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Federal Reserve System, and nationally recognized companies in manufacturing, financial services, electric utilities, telecommunications, and health care.

The Economics Department also offers qualified students the opportunity to accelerate their study of economics by taking MA courses for graduate credit during their senior year. This accelerated program of study is especially attractive to students who enter the University with advanced placement credit or who earn additional credit hours during summer. The program enables students the opportunity to earn the MA degree in one additional year of study.

Teacher licensure is also available for economics majors; see Teacher Education Programs.