Students may select one of the following concentrations or advisor approved electives.

Business Concentrations. Choose from accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, international business, management and marketing.

Quantitative Economics. Emphasizes the skills needed to analyze market data in fast-paced industries such as manufacturing, financial services, and advertising, and provides the technical training required to engage in consulting. There is also a continued need for quantitative economic analysis by lawyers, accountants, engineers, health service administrators, urban planners, and local, national, and international government agencies. The concentration prepares students for jobs that entail forecasting, market assessment, economic feasibility studies, commodity pricing and data analysis, and provides a solid foundation for graduate study in economics and business.

Real Estate Economics. Provides a program of study that focuses on emerging trends and issues in real estate markets. Students learn to apply economic techniques to real estate markets, and to describe, explain, and predict patterns of real estate prices, building production, and real estate consumption. The program prepares real estate professionals for public sector and private industry jobs in real estate analysis, appraisal, corporate asset management, development, insurance, and investment.

Advisor Approved Electives. The most fundamental and enduring strength of economics is that it provides a logical way of looking at a variety of problems. Economic tools can be applied to the analysis of costs and benefits, crime, the environment, health, labor, law, politics and other fields. The study of economics can be preparation for careers in engineering cost-benefit analysis, environmental protection, health administration, labor representation, law, and public administration. The Advisor Approved Electives offers the opportunity for students to design a program of study to emphasize individual talents and interests.