Economics

Economics is taught across the curriculum. We apply economic theory to a broad array of issues, including poverty and economic inequality; public policy; alternatives to capitalism; environmental policy; corporate behavior; social equity; unemployment; and social movements.

We emphasize economic history and inequality by race, class, and gender, and focus on multiple schools of economic theory from neoclassical and Keynesian theory to feminist economics and Marxist political economy.

You’ll have opportunities to study foundations of economic theory and their implications for economic policy, and the major debates among economists about such issues as the proper role of government and how to best end poverty and other problems.

Faculty Associated With This Field
Title Expertise
Chowdhury, Savvina Feminist economics
Selected Programs 2022-23
Title Class Standing Credits
Art and Science of Good Business
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4
Building Businesses for Responsible Futures
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4, 8, 12
Business Management and Organization Behavior
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
8
Business to Transform Society: Designing for the Socialverse
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
8
Current Economic Issues and Social Justice
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
12, 16
Personal Finance and Investing
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4
Taking Back Empire: Political Economy, Militarism, and Decolonial Movements
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
16
Selected Programs 2023-24
Title Class Standing Credits
Building a Culture that Grows with the Business: Management Foundations
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4, 8, 12
Business for Responsible Futures: Strategic Branding
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4, 8, 12
Business to Transform Society: Product Design and Marketing
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4, 8, 12