Careers
- Investigate how people make stewardship decisions about the use of scarce resources
- Learn how to make such decisions to provide the best results for themselves, their business and society as a whole
- Think critically about the benefits and costs of various public and private decisions
- Prepare themselves for a lifetime of Godly service in a wide variety of economic endeavors
Economics students investigate how people make stewardship decisions about the use of scarce resources. Students learn how to make such decisions to provide the best results for themselves, their businesses and society as a whole. By thinking critically about the benefits and costs of various public and private decisions, students prepare themselves for a lifetime of Godly service in a wide variety of economic endeavors.
Economics majors are prepared for employment directly in business, finance, not-for-profit organizations, or government. Students planning public service careers should consider adding a major or minor in political science and/or a pre-law minor. Students preparing for graduate studies in economics should complete at least a minor in mathematics. The persons who tend to move to the top of business organizations or governmental agencies usually are trained in economics.
Developmental Economics majors are particularly prepared for jobs in NGOs, not-for-profit organizations or government agencies involved with ministering to people in Transitional and Developing economies, especially in regards to improving their standard of living. Those students majoring in this field who anticipate future graduate studies should consider taking the two intermediate theory courses as well as completing a minor in mathematics. Foreign language skills are typically quite important for this major.
