Economics is the study of social, business, and individual decision making and the goals, incentives, institutions, and constraints affecting those decisions. The Department of Economics curriculum combines the classical liberal arts and modern quantitative approaches.
The department offers a major and minor leading to a bachelor of arts degree to prepare students for careers in business and government, the study of law, and graduate work in economics, management, public policy, and related fields. Business careers requiring the analytical training of an economist in banking, management, insurance, marketing research, and securities trading. Economists who work for government agencies assess economic conditions in the United States and abroad and predict the economic impact of specific changes in legislation or public policy. Government careers include those in foreign and intelligence service, regulatory agencies, and international trade.
Economics majors must complete a minor (or another major) in a discipline outside economics. The department strongly encourages majors to choose a discipline that complements their chosen career path or builds on their analytical training. Suggested minors include: political science, business, sociology, a foreign language, computer science, and mathematics.
Department of Economics
University of Minnesota
1035 Mgmt/Econ 271 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55455
Phone & Fax:
(phone)--- (612)625-6353
(fax) --- (612)624-0209
