Economics

Economics 

Economics is a social science that studies how people make choices and how societies allocate resources in the presence of insatiable wants and limited means. The discipline provides logical and empirical frameworks for examining people, businesses, and social institutions. The economics major at Duquesne is highly quantitative and prepares students both for a wide variety of professional careers and for graduate studies. Because the discipline stresses logical thinking and focuses not simply on how people and business behave but why they behave the way they do, an economics education makes the student more adaptable to changing opportunities after graduation and provides excellent preparation for graduate studies in many disciplines. Economics majors have the opportunity to write a Senior Thesis in which each student completes an independent research paper under the direction of a faculty member. 

Business Core Courses 

Required Economics Courses 

Economics Elective Courses

Students must complete one of the following elective courses  Economics majors are strongly encouraged to take MATH 114/115 (Calculus I) and MATH 116 (Calculus II).

Students majoring in Economics who intend to pursue Law degrees are encouraged to take PHIL 106 Introduction to Logic; students intending on pursuing graduate work in economics, public policy, or business are encouraged to take MATH 310 Linear Algebra, MATH 314 Differential Equations and PHIL106 Introduction to Logic.