University of North Carolina at Greensboro,The Bryan School of

Message from the Dean

Welcome to the website of the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With these pages you are only a click away from information about the Bryan School, UNCG and our region and community. There are a few things I would like to share with you:

• The Bryan School is the largest business school in the Piedmont Triad region offers the widest array of programs of study at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels
• Our students are solving problems for area companies and gaining practical business experience
• Our faculty serve as consultants and conduct cutting-edge research, bringing their expertise into the classroom
• Our executive programs provide training and continuing education for area business professionals
• We are in the top 10% of business schools in the USA that has achieved accreditation in both business and accounting by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
• We are proud to have a premier chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma—the international honor society that recognizes the academic achievement in the study of business and fosters personal and professional excellence.

I hope you enjoy learning about who we are. If you have any questions that are not answered by this website, please send us an email at BryanSchool@uncg.edu to let us know what your needs are.

Warmest regards,

James K. Weeks, Dean

WHAT ECONOMISTS DO
　　Economic majors study how businesses operate in competitive global markets and how public policy impacts businesses and the economy. They use their understanding of market structure and competitive markets to work for manufacturing firms, and for a variety of service-related enterprises including those in the financial sector, health care sector, and government agencies. Students with statistical training can analyze marketing data, monitor economic trends, analyze credit risk, and develop forecasts.
　　Economic majors develop their analytical and investigative skills by studying economic theory and by learning to apply these skills through taking courses in such areas as environmental economics, health economics, international economics, government and regulation, public finance, labor economics and economic history. Because economics teaches you how to analyze data and information and how to think strategically about business decision-making, an economics major with good training and the necessary interpersonal skills is highly competitive in the job market. The following corporations and organizations have employed past graduates. What We Offer
　　UNCG''s Economics Department excels in ways that make a difference.
　　The Department of Economics has:
　　1. a caring, creative faculty who excel in their teaching,
　　2. a productive faculty who weave their research into their teaching and the curriculum,
　　3. faculty advising concerning your career and graduate school opportunities,
　　4. a variety of ways to major in economics so that you can mold your degree to your needs,
　　a liberal arts BA degree in economics,
　　a business BS degree in economics, with concentrations in the following areas:
　　Business and Public Policy
　　Global Economic Policy
　　Applied Economic Analysis
　　Economic Studies
　　Financial Economics
　　5. an outstanding three semester MA program,
　　6. a level of faculty research output that has placed the Department in the top three nationally for Schools with an MA program.
　　No matter what their economics degree, students who study economics develop a framework for understanding how the world - individuals, firms, and governments - works. Economics provides the underpinning for business decision-making, but because it is a social science it carries a unique status within a business school. You will find economics majors in all the functional areas of business. Here at UNC Greensboro, we in the Economics Department are dedicated to preparing you for a career, not just your first job.

For more information contact:
Stuart Allen, Chair
462 Bryan School of Business and Economics
Box 26165
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6165
Phone: (336) 334-5463 Fax: (336) 334-4089
E-mail: stuart_allen@uncg.edu