Economics focuses on decision making and problem solving. It concerns itself with making intelligent individual and social choices in a world of scarcity. We believe that a student who spends four years wrestling with economic issues and developing the analytical tools necessary to resolve them will emerge with sharpened reasoning and communication skills and will be more alert to the complexities of the world.
Our programs in economics are designed to provide students with a strong background in economic theory and applied analysis. We offer majors leading to both the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in economics, as well as a minor. The BA degree is designed for students seeking broad preparation in more than a single area and is often combined with second majors in business administration, literature, mathematics, or politics and government. The BS degree is designed for students with outstanding quantitative skills or those with an interest in graduate study in economics or applied mathematics.
Our faculty is known for its scholarship and for its commitment to undergraduate teaching. We offer challenging courses that are popular with economics majors and non-majors alike. We attribute this popularity not only to the depth of knowledge of our professors, but also to their superb teaching skills. Department faculty members take an active role in academic advising of students from many areas of the University and in other important University and community affairs.
Reggie Tison
Department of Economics.
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA 98416
(253) 756-3136
Email: Tison@ups.edu
Ms. Reggie Tison is the office administrator for Economics, Comparative Sociology, and Political Economy at the University of Puget Sound
