Economics:

Skills and Knowledge

Why study economics?

Understand how the world works Ticket to managers position in a good organization Diverse career opportunities High compensation

How the world works

Economics is at the root of business decisions, government policy making, and global economic relations. Understanding how markets work and the relationship between economic variables is necessary to understanding the economy. Economics is key to understanding the business press. Economics helps you make better decisions.

Ticket to top business degrees

Richard Silverman, Executive Director of Admissions, Yale School of Management: The best people are more frequently taking economics as their major. It shows they have the intellectual fire in the belly to perform well in an MBA program.

Ticket to top business degrees

Ed Tom, Director of Admissions, UC Berkeley Law School: Of all the majors, economics ranks in the top four or five consistently year after year for both applications and offers made. Logical reasoning and analytical skills are critical

Ticket to top business degrees

Economics is the most popular field of study at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, Penn, and Chicago and second at Yale, Berkeley, Cornell and Dartmouth

Career paths for economics majors

Journalist: Understanding economics is essential to a journalist covering business, government and financial markets. Over the past decade, the demand for financial news has exploded, creating an urgent need for reporters schooled in economics and finance.

Career paths for economics students

Bond Trader: This is a great job for an economist equipped with solid analytical and communication skills and who wants to work in a fast paced environment.

 City Planner: As policymakers in rapidly growing urban areas begin to act on the need to promote quality growth, there will be an increased demand for city planners. Those who are rigorously trained in quantitative skills, such as economists, have the skills & opportunity to increase their contribution to the city planning profession.

Career paths for economics students

Career paths for economics students

Business Economist in the Steel Industry As chief economist, I meet with the press, security analysts, bankers and civic groups to provide information on the economic outlook and steel industry prospects.

Career paths for economics majors

Financial Economist: Growth of the global investment village has sharply increased the number of fund managers and their need to devise an outlook of markets by forecasting economic growth, exchange rate and interest rates.

TEC

The Economics Club

Enhance understanding of economics

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