Overview

A major in economics supports the liberal arts tradition of promoting students' growth in critical thinking and developing an understanding of the world around them. Economics is a particularly useful major in today's ever changing job market. Individuals are now required to compete in the world market, and a degree in economics provides problem solving and analytical skills, which will be flexible tools applicable in many professions and careers.

There is a great deal of flexibility in our undergraduate curriculum. Many of our own undergraduate majors, looking for preparation for careers in business, select a dual degree program in economics and business in conjunction with the College of Business Administration (CBA). The department has also adjusted its undergraduate programs to accommodate both the current needs of our majors and an increased demand for service courses from CBA and other programs within the University. Our majors have the benefits of a large range of seminars with an emphasis upon writing and student research projects. The Bachelor of Science track allows students with appropriate backgrounds to take courses that fully exploit their quantitative training. Finally, we have reorganized our introductory course for non-majors and added to our list of course offerings. Undergraduate Economics Society is a student club formed to provide students with informal access to faculty, a forum for our majors to learn more about the opportunities available to broaden their experiences while in school, to meet with economics graduates from the business and civic community who are willing to share their post-graduate experience, and to organize symposia of special interest to students. In these and other ways, we endeavor to give our undergraduates the benefit of a first-rate educational experience.

Browse the links on the right for more information about our courses, majors, and for advising information. To make an appointment with an undergraduate Economics advisor, email: econadv@pitt.edu